Bolton and Undercliffe | |
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2004 Boundaries of Bolton and Undercliffe Ward | |
Location within West Yorkshire | |
Population | 16,365 2011 census [1] |
OS grid reference | SE175350 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRADFORD |
Postcode district | BD2 |
Dialling code | 01274 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
UK Parliament | |
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Bolton and Undercliffe is an electoral ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,365. [1] Bolton and Undercliffe covers the area east of Bradford Beck, between Shipley & Wrose to the north and central Bradford to the south. It is a largely urban area.
Bolton was a former village north of Bradford, but merged with Bradford in the 19th century. Bolton is made of localities such as Bolton Outlanes, Bolton Villas, Bolton Woods, and Swain House. [2]
Bolton is similar in meaning to Bolton, Greater Manchester; its name is from Old English bothl/boōl-tun "village with buildings". The name was recorded as Boltetone in 1186.
There are a number of listed buildings in Bolton. On Idle Road in Bolton Outlanes there is Ivy Hall, a small 17th century hall [3] and Ivy Place, a mid 18th century house now subdivided. [4] Down Myers Lane (formerly named Owl Lane) in Bolton Outlanes is Hodgson Fold, a group of 17th century buildings. [5] On Bolton Lane there is Walnut Cottage and the 18th century Walnut Tree Farmhouse and barn. [6] Also on Bolton Lane is Bolton First School a church school dating from circa 1860. [7] On Lister Lane is Bolton House a former modest country house, [8] and there are listed park lodges, memorials and sculptures in Peel Park. In Wrose is Bolton Old Hall, a timber framed building largely rebuilt in 1672, and an attached cottage. [9]
There are some five public houses scattered throughout Bolton [10] and in the north west of Bolton is Bolton Woods Quarry a large stone quarry near Gaisby. [11]
On Bolton Road is the Grade II listed Church of Saint James [12] and Bolton Methodist Church is further up Bolton Road in Bolton Outlanes. [13]
Undercliffe means "below the cliff", referring to a village below a hill-spur. The name was recorded as Indreclif in 1038. Over time Undercliffe has moved uphill and encroached into Eccleshill.
The Dudley Hill to Killinghall turnpike of 1804 came through Undercliffe, and the former Robin Hood public house was a toll office for the turnpike. [14] The turnpike still exists in the area as Killinghall Road to Bradford Moor and as Harrogate Road after a name change from Killinghall Road.
The 750 seat purpose-built Oxford Cinema on Dudley Hill Road was of a stone construction, and opened in 1914. Sound was installed by 1930 and it closed briefly again in 1955 for refurbishment. In 1962 it became a bingo club for three days of the week and a cinema the rest. It closed temporarily for alterations in 1965 but closed permanently as a cinema early the next year reopening as a bingo club, now the Oxford Bingo and Social Club. [15] The bingo hall was destroyed in a fire in 2021 during a COVID-19 lock-down and quickly demolished. [16]
The Coronet Cinema on Otley Road near Peel Park was purpose-built and opened in 1923. For many years it was known as the Coronet Picture House. Sound was installed around 1930 and a new wide screen in 1954. The cinema suffered a serious fire in 1955 and after recovering closed finally in 1958. The building was stripped and re-purposed as a wholesale food distribution warehouse but was destroyed by fire in 2003 and had to be quickly demolished. [17] A terrace of new houses now stand on the site.
The purpose-built brick and stone Tennyson Cinema was located to the south between Dacre Street, North Wing and Otley Road. and opened in 1923 as the 1166 seat Tennyson Picture House. Sound was installed in 1930, and in 1954 Cinemascope was installed while seating was further reduced to 1095. The Tennyson Cinema closed in 1961. The premises reopened as the Tennyson Bingo and Social Club, but later the building was demolished for road widening. [18]
In the south of Undercliffe is Peel Park a public park named after prime minister Sir Robert Peel. Also in the south of Undercliffe is Bradford (Undercliffe) Cemetery. The houses/small mansions of Guy's Cliffe on nearby Undercliffe Lane dating from circa 1850 are listed buildings [19] as are several memorials in Undercliffe Cemetery. There is only one public house remaining in Undercliffe after the loss of the Hare and Hounds, the Green Man and the Robin Hood. [20]
On Otley Road stands Saint Andrew's Methodist Church [21] and Saint Augustine's Church. [22] [23]
Undercliffe Cricket Club, established in 1875, has a cricket ground on Intake Road [24] near Fagley. [25] Undercliffe joined the Bradford Cricket League when it was formed in 1903 with twelve clubs and is one of only two (Undercliffe and Bankfoot) of the inaugural twelve that are current members. [24]
Bolton and Undercliffe Ward is represented by three councillors from the Labour party: Suhail Choudhry, Simon Cunningham and Julie Humphreys [26]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | David Weston Gray (Lib Dem) | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) | Robert Christopher Hargreaves (Lib Dem) | |||
2006 | David Gray (Lib Dem) | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) | Robert Christopher Hargreaves (Lib Dem) | |||
2007 | David Gray (Lib Dem) | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) | Margaret Chadwick (Lib Dem) | |||
2008 | David Gray (Lib Dem) | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) | Margaret Chadwick (Lib Dem) | |||
2010 | David Gray (Lib Dem) | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) | Margaret Chadwick (Lib Dem) | |||
2011 | David Gray (Lib Dem) | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) | Margaret Chadwick (Lib Dem) | |||
2012 | David Gray (Lib Dem) | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) | Tracey Leeming (Lib Dem) | |||
2014 | Rachel Emma Sunderland (Lib Dem) | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) | Tracey Leeming (Lib Dem) | |||
2015 | Rachel Sunderland (Lib Dem) | Michael Andrew Stelling (Lib Dem) | Tracey Leeming (Lib Dem) | |||
2016 | Rachel Sunderland (Lib Dem) | Michael Stelling (Lib Dem) | David Ward (Independent) | |||
2018 | Ian Greenwood (Labour) | Michael Stelling (Lib Dem) | David Ward (Independent) | |||
2019 | Ian Greenwood (Labour) | Suhail Choudhry (Labour) | David Ward (Independent) | |||
2021 | Ian Greenwood (Labour) | Suhail Choudhry (Labour) | Simon Cunningham (Labour) | |||
2022 | Julie Humphreys (Labour) | Suhail Choudhry (Labour) | Simon Cunningham (Labour) |
indicates seat up for re-election.
James Joseph Magennis was awarded a Victoria Cross in the Second World War for operations involving X-Craft midget submarines in attacks on Axis ships. He moved to live in Swain House in the 1960s. [27] [ additional citation(s) needed ]
Actor Edward Peel attended schools in Swain House. He appeared in the Dragonfire series of the science fiction series Doctor Who . [28] [ additional citation(s) needed ]
Barbara Jane Harrison – the first and, to date, only female recipient in peacetime of the George Cross medal for bravery was born at a house on Kingsdale Crescent. A Bradford Civic Society blue plaque to commemorate Barbara was unveiled at Bradford City Hall in 2019 and installed near to Barbara's birthplace on Bolton Road, at the junction with Kingsdale Crescent.
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Eccleshill is an area, former village, and ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The ward population of Eccleshill is 17,540, increasing at the 2011 Census to 17,945. Eccleshill is a more or less completely residential urban area with very little open space although there is substantial open land directly to the east.
Wrose is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, about three miles north of Bradford city centre, and south-east of Shipley. The civil parish population taken at the 2011 Census was 7,518.
Undercliffe Cemetery is located between Otley Road and Undercliffe Lane in the Bolton and Undercliffe ward, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The cemetery stands atop a hillside overlooking the city and contains some very impressive Victorian funerary monuments in a variety of styles. It is a notable example of a Victorian cemetery where a number of rich and prominent local residents have been buried, notably mill owners and former mayors. Undercliffe Cemetery is grade II* listed by English Heritage in their Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
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The A6177 is a ring road around Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is mostly formed from existing roads and save for its southern section is single-carriageway.
Peel Park is a 22.6-hectare (56-acre) urban public park in the Bolton and Undercliffe area of Bradford, England, located about 0.75 miles (1.2 km) north-east of the city centre, and named after Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850). Peel Park was Bradford's first public park and is on the English Heritage and National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens online databases. The park is a Green Flag Award winner and has been for a number of years.
Idle is a residential suburban area in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England and was a separate village, and before that it was the Manor of Idle. Idle is loosely bordered by the areas of Eccleshill, Wrose, Thackley, Apperley Bridge, and Greengates, in the north-east of the city.
Greengates is a small suburban area in the north-east of the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England. The area is bordered by Idle and Thackley to the north-west, and the large council estate known as Thorpe Edge to the west. To the south of Greengates is Ravenscliffe housing estate with the village of Eccleshill beyond that. The village of Apperley Bridge lies to the north. To the east in the Leeds Metropolitan District is the village of Calverley.
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Barkerend is an inner-city area in the Bowling and Barkerend ward of the Bradford district, in the English county of West Yorkshire. Barkerend is located to the east of Bradford city centre. The Barkerend area is not easy to define but it is surrounded by Undercliffe, and Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford Moor, Laisterdyke, Bowling, Broomfields, Little Germany and the Shipley Airedale Road, and Wapping but includes an area of new and modern housing known as Pollard Park.
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Bolton and Undercliffe is a ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 20 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The ward is a suburb of Bradford to the northeast of the city centre and is almost completely residential. It includes Peel Park which contains listed buildings, including the entrance lodges, statues, drinking fountains, and a relocated doorway and wall. The other listed buildings include houses and cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, a church, and a school.
Bowling and Barkerend is a ward in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 31 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, two are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward covers an area to the east of the centre of Bradford, and is largely residential. In the ward is Undercliffe Cemetery, and a number of monuments in the cemetery are listed. Most of the other listed buildings are houses and cottages, and the other listed buildings include schools, churches, public houses, and a former textile mill,