Place:Baildon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Baildon is now a civil parish and town in Northern England. It is part of the Bradford Metropolitan District in the administrative county of West Yorkshire. It lies 3 miles (5 km) north of Bradford city centre. The town forms a continuous urban area with Shipley and Bradford, and is part of the "West Yorkshire Built Up Area". Other nearby suburbs include Shipley to the south and Saltaire, a Victorian model village within Shipley, to the west. As of the 2011 census, the Baildon ward has a population of 15,360.

Prior to 1974 Baildon was within the West Riding of Yorkshire. Baildon was an urban district from 1894 to 1974 and was expanded in 1937 by gaining the parishes of Esholt and Hawksworth from Wharfedale Rural District. It became a civil parish in 1866. Before that it was part of the ancient and ecclesiastical parish of Otley. Historically it was located in Upper Division of Skyrack Wapentake.

During the early part of the Industrial Revolution, Baildon developed a woollen industry; Westgate House was built in 1814 by the Ambler family who were prominent in the wool trade. But later in the 19th and early 20th centuries, conditions in Bradford deteriorated and poverty and ill health became widespread; Baildon began developing as a commuter town along with neighbouring Shipley. By the latter years of the 20th century, through the gradual closure of its textile and engineering industries, the West Riding suffered from further economic decline. Bradford was particularly affected by this; however, neighbouring Leeds grew as a major administrative and financial centre and Baildon, with its railway links to Leeds, became a strategic commuter town.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Baildon.