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Bradford (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 47 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.7833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 45 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located west of Leeds. Its wealth started with wool-sorting and weaving in the Middle Ages; it was first recorded as a mill town in 1311; later the cotton and silk industries flourished and the wool trade increased in the 17th century. Expanded during 19th century with coal, sandstone, and iron industries; more recently, with engineering. Wool-sorting continues to employ a large work force. The church here is mainly 15th-century with Saxon sculpture; it was designated a cathedral in 1919. Victorian buildings here include the Town Hall and Wool Exchange. |
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| Bradford (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Bradford (British English-P,U,N)
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| Bradeford (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | medieval name meaning "broad ford [in the river]"; recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Bradford (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an important medieval center |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| textile center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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