Name | Greengates |
Type | Village, Suburb |
Coordinates | 53.8314°N 1.7122°W |
Located in | West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | West Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
See also | Eccleshill, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | civil parish in which it was located 1894-1899 | | Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | county borough of which it was a part 1899-1974 | | Bradford (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, England | conurbation in which it has been located since 1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
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.
Historically, Greengates was in the ecclesiastical parish of Bradford in the Morley Division of the wapentake of Agbrigg and Morley. From 1894 until 1899 Greengates was located in Eccleshill civil parish and was transferred to Bradford County Borough for the period 1899-1974.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Greengates.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Greengates. 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 Greengates.
- 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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