Name | Frizinghall |
Type | Hamlet, City district |
Coordinates | 53.821°N 1.7751°W |
Located in | West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | West Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
See also | Heaton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | civil parish of which it was a part | | Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | county borough of which it was a part until 1974 | | Bradford (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, England | metropolitan borough of which it has been a part since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Frizinghall is a district in the city of Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire lying about two miles north of the city centre close to the town of Shipley, which is itself a part of the City of Bradford.
Historically, Frizinghall was in the ecclesiastical parish of Bradford in the Morley Division of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. From 1894 until 1974, Frizinghall was located in the civil parish of Heaton within the county borough of Bradford.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Frizinghall. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
- The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Bradford provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
- A Vision of Britain through Time on Frizinghall.
- A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to maps of the West Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. The location of individual settlements within the parishes is also shown. These maps all expand to a very large scale.
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