East Bowling
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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 war
Bowling Park fossil tree. Copyright Betty Longbottom. Creative Commons c.by3.0
Bolling Hall north front.
Cover of the first catalogue of Bolling Hall museum. 1914
St John's Church Bowling. Built 1844
Broomfields, Bradford
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Broomfields is a historic district on the south eastern edge of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. In 1840 it was still a mainly rural area with a population of only a few hundred people. By 1880 it w
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…Roman Catholic Church was closed in 1996 and the parish amalgamated with St Joseph, Manchester Road. St Ann's was the centre of the Irish community of Broomfields, once one of the most densely populated areas of Bradford and with some of the worst slums. By contrast in the north of Broomfields was the model village…
Fig 2 Flowering Broom gave its name to the district
Fig.3 Broomfields 1831– within the new parliamentary borough
Fig 4 Broomfields in 1849 with railways as at 1854
Fig 5 Cellar dwellings in Sturges Street built c 1854