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Historia. El nombre de Bradford deriva de «broad ford», "el vado ancho", localizado en Church Bank y que cruzaba un arroyo llamado Bradford Beck. En ese lugar comenzó a aparecer un asentamiento de población antes de la invasión normanda. El nombre de "Bradford" aparece ya en 1086 en el Domesday Book.
The History of City Hall. Bradford City Centre Heritage Trail. Bradford Industrial Museum. Bradford Cathedral. Little Germany. Bradford District Heritage. 'Broad Ford', later known as Bradford, was first settled in Saxon times and by the middle ages had become a small town centred on Kirkgate, Westgate and Ivegate. The 'Manor of…
In Tudor times Bradford continued to grow, becoming more prosperous. The cloth-making industry expanded, producing coarse woollen cloth known as ‘kersey’. Most people farmed just enough for their own needs and made extra money from spinning and weaving at home. Other growing industries were shoemaking and iron manufacture.
18 de ene. de 2012 · Históricamente formaba parte del West Riding of Yorkisher, y así alcanzó su esplendor durante el siglo XIX gracias a la industria de la lana. El edificio más antiguo de la ciudad es la catedral y durante mucho tiempo fue una iglesia parroquial y data de la época medieval.
14 de mar. de 2021 · By Tim Lambert. Bradford in the Middle Ages. Bradford began as a village by a ford. Brad meant broad. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, the village by the broad ford had grown quite large (by the standards of the time) with perhaps 300-350 people. Bradford was turned into a town when the villagers were allowed to hold a weekly market.
Bradford is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the 1974 reform, the city status has belonged to the larger City of Bradford metropolitan borough.
Progress, industry, Humanity. Bradford Heritage. Bradford has a rich industrial heritage having played a major part in the Industrial Revolution of the 1900s holding a Industrial Exhibition in 1904. The launch of manufacturing in the early 18th century had started Bradford's development while a new canal and turnpike road links encouraged trade.
