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The BD postcode area, also known as the Bradford postcode area, [2] is a group of 24 postcode districts in England, within seven post towns.These cover northwestern West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Bingley, Shipley, Cleckheaton and Keighley) and southwestern North Yorkshire (including Skipton and Settle), plus very small parts of Lancashire.
Wyke Methodist Church is located at Laverack Field in Wyke. [2] The South Bradford Local History Alliance reports that "the Wesleyan movement held meetings in Wyke in the mid-19th century at a property in Wyke Lane known as Bink’s Cottage, and later at the home of Joseph Clark near the Temperance Hall. The original chapel was built in 1869 ...
The most dominant landmark in Low Moor is arguably the most dominant landmark in the entire village, Low Moor Iron Works. The iron works stand in the central part of Low Moor. Royds Hall, a Grade II* listed building west of Low Moor, was begun in 1640 and substantially extended in 1770. It was the seat of the Rookes family until 1788 when it ...
Wyke is a ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 63 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward contains the village of Wyke and parts of Low Moor and Oakenshaw. It is mainly ...
The Low Moor company bought the Bierley Ironworks in 1854. [34] By 1855 Low Moor was producing 21,840 tons of iron per year, and was the largest ironworks in Yorkshire. The foundries at Low Moor produced quantities of guns, shells and shot for troops fighting in the Crimean War (1853–56) and the Indian Mutiny (1857–58). [35]
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Successive chairmen of the Low Moor Iron Company occupied the property until the 1920s. Finally in 1932 Royds Hall was purchased by a private owner who stayed until 1975. Two further owners since lovingly maintained and improved Royds Hall, [ 2 ] including millionaire businessman Sir Earnest Hall who was responsible for much of the restoration ...
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