Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRADSHAW

BRADSHAW, a village and a chapelry in Ovenden township, Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1 mile NW of Halifax.—The chapelry was constituted in 1842; and its Post Town is Halifax. Pop., 2,171. Houses, 457. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church was built in 1839.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Halifax AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bradshaw

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