Place:West Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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West Bradford is a village and civil parish which, since 1974, has been in Lancashire, England. It is 27 miles (43 km) west of the larger city of Bradford, West Yorkshire and 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Clitheroe. It covers some 2000 acres of the Forest of Bowland. In Domesday, it is recorded as Bradeford and in the thirteenth century, Braford in Bouland. It was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire before 1974.

Historically, West Bradford was in the ecclesiastical parish of Great Mitton in Staincliffe Wapentake. From 1894 until 1974, West Bradford was located in Bowland Rural District. In 1974 the area became part of the Ribble Valley District of Lancashire.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article West Bradford, Lancashire.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on West Bradford. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Great Mitton provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on West Bradford.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Bowland Rural District. This section provides statistics on population and industry, as well as a listing of the civil parishes and the alterations to the municipal organization.
• A map of the West Riding of Yorkshire circa 1888 (before the existence of rural and urban districts) supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time
• A map of the southern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire circa 1931 supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time
• A map of the northern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire circa 1931 supplied by A Vision of Britain through Time (Bowland Rural Districts is divided in half horizontally between these two maps.)