Bradford

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Historical Geography
History
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BRADFORD, a township and a chapelry in Manchester parish, Lancashire. The township lies adjacent to the Manchester and Sheffield railway, 4 miles E of Manchester; and has a post office under Manchester. Acres, 279. Pop., 3,523. Houses, 707. The chapelry extends into Beswick township; bears the name of Bradford-cum-Beswick; and was constituted very recently. The statistics are not reported. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Manchester, with a parsonage, and in the patronage of the Bishop. The church was built in 1862, at a cost of £6,000; and is in the early English style, and cruciform. There are Wesleyan and Free Methodist chapels, large schools built in 1864, at a cost of £3,000, and a police station.
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Archives and libraries

Local studies information is held at Manchester Central library.

Cemeteries

Christ Church, Church St, Church of England

Census

Details about the census records, and indexes for Bradford.

Church Records

Christ Church, Church St, Church of England
Christ Church (The Resurrection 1974), Ashton New Road, Church of England
Church of the Apostles, Ridgway St, Church of England
St Aidan, Whyatt Street, Church of England
St Paul, Stuart Street, Church of England
St Philip, Ridgway St, Church of England
Ebenezer Chapel, Mill St, Independent
Mill St, Independent Methodist
Bradford Road, Methodist Association
Bradford Rd, Primitive Methodist
Cobden Street, Primitive Methodist
Wellington St, Primitive Methodist
St Brigid, Mill Street, Roman Catholic
Mill St, Unitarian
Albert St, United Methodist
Mill Street, United Methodist Free Church
Ashton New Rd (corner Queen St), Wesleyan Methodist

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Bradford area is Manchester.

Directories

Names extracted from the Manchester & Salford Trades Directory, 1832.

Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Bradford was a township in the parish of Manchester.

History

A description of Bradford in the 19th century.

Maps

View maps of Bradford and places within its boundaries.

Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Bradford was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.

Societies

The Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society.

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[Last updated: Wednesday, 03Sep2008 11:33:46 BST - Phil Stringer]