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Manningham, Bradford Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Manningham, Bradford

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Manningham, Bradford history

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Manningham holds a wealth of industrial history, including mill buildings, imposing wool merchants’ houses and back-to-back terraced houses. Many of Manningham’s German community later migrated to the Heaton area of the city.

Cinema history

In 1912 the Manningham Kinematograph Company Ltd opened the 519 seat Oak Lane Picture House on a site on the north side of Oak Lane between St Mary’s Road and Sunderland Road. The name was changed to Oriental in 1920 and by 1931 Western Electric sound had been installed. In 1955 a CinemaScope screen was installed with stereophonic sound, but the cinema closed in 1958. The former Manningham Methodist Church off Carlisle Road was converted into the Sangeet Cinema in 1970 which showed Asian films.

Deprivation

Manningham was the location of the Manningham riot (June 1995) and the Bradford Riots (July 2001) In April 1994, unemployment in Manningham stood at 40% (around four times the national average)

Manningham, Bradford landmarks

The dominant landmark for the entire city is Lister Mills. Bradford Reform Synagogue is situated in Manningham and is a Grade II listed Moorish Revival building. Bradford Grammar School is situated at the northern edge of Manningham between Lister Park and Canal Road, bordering Frizinghall.

Manningham, Bradford geography / climate

Manningham is the name of an area bordered by Thornton Road (B6145) to the south west, and Oak Lane to the north. However, it also encompasses places such as White Abbey, Black Abbey, or Longlands in addition to historic Manningham.

Streets

Manningham Lane stretches from Hamm Strasse to Lister Park (also known as Manningham Park) where it becomes Keighley Road. It is a busy road lined with shops and businesses for practically its entire length. Lumb Lane is home to many independent shops catering to the local South Asian community.

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Best Manningham, Bradford places to visit

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Manningham, Bradford has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Manningham, Bradford’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Manningham, Bradford’s information audio spots:

Birch Lane Birch Lane was the first long term home of Bradford Northern Rugby League Football Club. It was also home to Bradford F.C. in their first incarnation as a football club. The ground was described as “notorious” and a “poverty-stricken place”

East Bowling East Bowling is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England located to the south of Bradford city centre. It forms the eastern half of the historic township and manor of Bowling. Bowling became a ward of the newly created Borough of Bradford in 1847.

Iraq Economic Development Group The Iraq Economic Development Group (also frequently abbreviated to IEDG) is an apolitical private limited company established in United Kingdom that facilitates financial services in Britain. Its official abbreviated form is IEDg_UK Ltd and its abbreviated word is commonly used.

Bradford Alhambra The Alhambra Theatre was built in 1913 at a cost of £20,000 for theatre impresario Francis Laidler. In 1964, Bradford City Council bought the theatre for £78,900 and in 1974 it was designated a Grade II listed building.

Bradford City Park Bradford City Park is a public space in the centre of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It is centred on the Grade I listed Bradford City Hall. It comprises three main areas (each side of the triangular City Hall site.) To the east of the City Hall is the Norfolk Gardens area.

The 1 in 12 Club The 1 in 12 Club refers to both a members’ club and the building in which it is based. Owned and run by its membership as a collective based upon anarchist principles. In the 1980s it was one of the main locations for the UK crust and anarcho-punk scene.

Wool Exchange, Bradford The Wool Exchange Building in Bradford, West Yorkshire, was built as a wool-trading centre in the 19th century. The Gothic Revival architecture is symbolic of the wealth and importance wool brought to Bradford. Today it is a Waterstones bookshop as well as a cafe.

St Patrick’s Church, Bradford St Patrick’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in Bradford, West Yorkshire. It was built from 1852 to 1853 and designed by George Goldie. It is situated on the corner of Sedgfield Terrace and Westgate in the city centre.

Bowling Iron Works The Bowling Iron Works was an iron working complex established around 1780 in the township and manor of Bowling, now in the southeast of Bradford in Yorkshire, England. The operation included mining coal and iron ore, smelting, refining, casting and forging to create finished products.

Drummond Mill Drummond Mill was a complex of industrial buildings on Lumb Lane, Manningham, Bradford, West Yorkshire. It contained originally a spinning mill, a warehouse, a spinning shed, and an engine house with chimney. It was destroyed in a fire on 28 January 2016.

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