Timeline of Bradford
The following is atimelineof thehistoryof thecityofBradford,West Yorkshire,England.
Prior to 19th century[edit]
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- 1251 – Market active.[1]
- 1294
- Bradfordfairactive.[1]
- Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincolngranted a weekly market on Thursdays.[2]
- 1458 - Oldest parts ofBradford Cathedralcompleted.[2]
- 1548 -Bradford Grammar Schoolfounded.[2]
- 1642 –Attempted siegeof town byRoyalists.[3]
- 1663 –Free Grammar Schoolincorporated.[4][2]
- 1760 – Bradford Club (business club) formed (approximate date).[5]
- 1773 – Piece Hall built.[6]
- 1774
- Bradford Canalcompleted.[6]
- Subscription library established.[7]
- 1784 – Airedale College founded.[8]
- 1788 –Bowling Iron Worksin business.[9]
- 1791 –Low Moor Ironworksestablished near town.
19th century[edit]
1800–1849[edit]
- 1801 – Population: 13,264.[5]
- 1816 – 21 April:Charlotte Brontë,novelist and poet, born inThorntonon the outskirts of Bradford.
- 1817 – 26 June:Branwell Brontë,painter, writer and poet born in Thornton.
- 1818 – 30 July:Emily Brontë,novelist and poet, born in Thornton.
- 1820 – 17 January:Anne Brontë,novelist and poet, born in Thornton
- 1821
- 1822 – April: Labour unrest.[12]
- 1824 – Market-place opens.[13]
- 1825 – Labour strike.[13]
- 1830
- Exchange buildings open.[14]
- Bradford Grammar Schoolrebuilt.[13]
- 1831 – Population: 23,223.[14]
- 1832
- Bradford becomes a parliamentary borough.[15][2]
- Bradford Mechanics' Instituteestablished.[4][2]
- 1834 –Bradford Observernewspaper begins publication.[8][16]
- 1836 -Sir Titus Saltdevelops thealpacamanufacture.[2]
- 1838
- Jacob Behrensmoves to Bradford, opening a factory in Thornton Road.
- Lister Millsfounded inManningham.[17]
- 1839 – Philosophical Society established.[4]
- 1841 – Population: 34,560.[4]
- 1844 – Bradford Moor Barracks completed[18]
- 1846 – 1 July:Leeds and Bradford Railwaybegins operating.
- 1847 – Bradfordmunicipal boroughcharter granted, uniting townships ofBowling,Bradford, Horton,Manningham.[19]
- 1848
- Bradford Borough Policeestablished (did not become City Police until 1897).[20]
- Titus Saltbecomes mayor.
1850–1899[edit]
- 1850 -Bradford Exchange railway stationopened.[2]
- 1851 – Bradford Chamber of Commerce founded.[21]
- 1853
- St George's Hall(auditorium)[22][2]andPeel Parkopened.
- Salts Millbuilt near town, inSaltaire.
- 1855 –Bradford Advertisernewspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1856
- 1857 –Bradford Girls' Grammar Schoolfounded.
- 1858
- October:1858 Bradford sweets poisoning.[24]
- Bradford Reviewnewspaper begins publication.[8]
- 1859 – Isaac Wright becomes mayor.[5]
- 1860 –2nd Yorkshire (West Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corpsformed.
- 1862 –Frederick Delius,CH,composer, born in Bradford.
- 1863 – Original Bradford Rugby Club founded by Oates Ingham, owner of a Dye works in Thornton Road.[25]
- 1864
- All-Saints' Church consecrated.[13]
- Textile exporterCharles Semonbecomes the first foreign-born and Jewish mayor of Bradford.
- 1865
- Holy Trinity Churchbuilt.
- Springfield Soap Works in business.[26]
- 1866 - Construction ofRipley Ville"model village"commenced.[27]
- 1867 –Wool Exchangebuilding constructed.
- 1868 –Bradford Daily Telegraphnewspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1871
- 1872
- 29 January:William Rothenstein,painter, draughtsman and author, born in Bradford.
- December:St Bartholomew's ChurchinRipley Villeconsecrated.[29]
- 1873 –Bradford Town Hall[22]andMechanics' Institutebuilding constructed.
- 1874 –Friederich Wilhelm Eurich,a professor of forensic medicine and bacteriologist who does much to conquer the disease of anthrax in the wool trade, moves to Bradford.
- 1875
- Lister Parkopens.[30]
- Bradford Naturalists' Society founded.[31]
- 1877 –Briggs Priestleybecomes mayor.
- 1878
- 1879 – Art Gallery and Museum established in Darley Street.[32]
- 1880
- Bowling Park opens.[6]
- Swan Arcadebuilt.
- 1881
- Bradford Reform Synagogueis opened.
- Population: 183,032 (municipal borough).[28]
- 1882
- Bradford Technical Collegeestablished.[33][34]
- Bradford Photographic Society[35]and Bradford Microscopical Society[31]founded.
- 1884 – Bradford Moor Park opens.[36]
- 1885 – Harold Park and Wibsey park open.[6]
- 1886 –Valley Parade Stadiumopens.
- 1887 – Post-Office established in Forster Square.[32]
- 1888 – United Yorkshire Independent College formed.[37]
- 1890 – December:Manningham Millslabour strike begins.[15]
- 1891
- 1892 –Edward Appleton,physicist and Nobel prizewinner who discovers the ionosphere, born in Bradford
- 1893 –Independent Labour Partyfounded.[39]
- 1894 – 13 September:J. B. Priestley,OM,novelist, playwright and broadcaster born in Bradford.
- 1895 – Bradford Rugby Club is one of 22 clubs to secede fromRugby Football Unionto form Northern Rugby Union (laterRugby Football League)
- 1896 –Manningham F.C.become the first champions on the newly formedNorthern Rugby Football Union.
- 1897
- Bradford attainscity status.[15][2]
- Bradford Dyers' Association founded.[34]
- First electric tram service runs on 30 July to Bolton Junction.
- Bradford power station(an electricity generating station) commissioned.
20th century[edit]
1900–1949[edit]
- 1901 - Population: 279,767.[2]
- 1903 –Bradford City Football Clubformed.
- 1904
- Cartwright Hallopened.[40][2]
- Bradford Exhibition held.[40]
- Jowett Motor Manufacturing Companyin business.
- 1906 –BradfordRLFC reachChallenge CupFinal for first time, beatingSalfordRLFC 5–0 atHeadingley Stadium.[41]
- 1907
- 15 April: Bradford Rugby Club splits ( "The Great Betrayal" ):Bradford Park AvenueAssociation Football Club andBradford NorthernNorthern Rugby Football Union(league) are created.[25]
- 28 October: First organised Britishschool mealservice for all pupils, a dinner of scotch barley broth and fruit tart, served to pupils at Green Lane Primary School inManningham,by headmaster Jonathan Priestley (father of J. B. Priestley).[42]
- 1908
- Bradford City Football Clubare promoted to the First Tier of the English Football League as Champions.
- The Scott Motorcycle Companyfounded.
- 1910
- Jacob Moserbecomes Lord Mayor of Bradford and Chief Magistrate.
- Picturedrome opens.[43]
- 1911
- 26 April:Bradford City Football Clubwin the FA Cup (in a replay in Manchester). This is the first time a new trophy, made byFattorini and Sonsof Bradford, is awarded.
- 20 June:Trolleybuses in Bradfordofficially begin operation.
- 1914 –Bradford Alhambratheatre and Birch Lane Cinema open.[43]
- 1915 –Fred Hoyle,astronomer and mathematician, born in Bingley.
- 1916
- 1 July: An estimated 1,394 young men from Bradford and District (TheBradford Pals,the 16th and 18th Battalions of thePrince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment) leave their trenches in Northern France to advance across No Man's Land, in the first hour of the first day of theBattle of the Somme.[44]
- 21–24 August:Low Moor Explosion:A series of explosions at a munitions factory kills 40 people and injures over 100.[45]
- 1919 – TheDiocese of Bradfordis founded and theChurch of Saint Peteris elevated to cathedral status.[2]
- 1923 – Coronet Picture House opens.[43]
- 1929
- Bradford Playhouse Companyformed.
- Bradford City Football Clubare promoted to the second tier of English Football as Champions.
- 1930 –New Victoria Cinemaopens.[43]
- 1931 –Leeds and Bradford Municipal Aerodromeopens.
- 1933 –Bradford Northernsign a ten-year lease on former quary and household waste site, beginning construction ofOdsal Stadiumthe largest British stadium other thanWembley Stadium.[25]
- 1937 – 9 July:David Hockney,CH,RA,painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, born in Bradford
- 1939
- Carlton Hostel building bought and funded by both Bradford's Jewish community and non-Jews, as part of theKindertransportscheme, to house German Jewish refugee children throughout the years of the Second World War.
- TheChallenge Cupsemi-final betweenHalifaxRLFC, andLeedsRLFC held atOdsal Stadium.Record-breaking 64,453 people see Halifax win.[25][46]
- 1944 –Bradford NorthernwinChallenge CupbeatingWiganRLFC over two legs (Wigan 0–3 Bradford Northern atCentral Parkand Bradford Northern 5–0 Wigan atOdsal Stadium).[47]
- 1945 –Bradford Northernagain reachChallenge CupFinal but are beaten over two legs byHuddersfieldRLFC (Huddersfield 7–4 Bradford Northern atFartown Groundand Bradford Northern 5–6 Huddersfield atOdsal Stadium.[48]
- 1947 –Bradford NorthernbeatLeedsRLFC 8–4 inChallenge CupFinal atWembley Stadium.[49]
- 1948 –Bradford Northernreach final ofChallenge Cup,but fail to keep hold of the trophy losing toWiganRLFC 8–3 atWembley Stadium.[50]
- 1949 –Bradford NorthernreachChallenge Cup Finalfor the third year running, beatingHalifaxRLFC 12–0 atWembley Stadium.[51]
1950–1999[edit]
- 1954 –Odsal Stadiumhosts the replay of theChallenge Cupfinal. A record-breaking crowd of 102,569 (official but estimates put number at over 120,000)[25]) seeWarringtonRLFC defeatHalifaxRLFC 8–4.[52]
- 1961 –Morrisonsopen their first supermarket, 'Victoria' in Girlington.
- 1963 –Bradford Northerngoes out of business.
- 1964 –Bradford Northernreformed and accepted back intoRugby Football League.
- 1966 –University of Bradfordchartered.
- 1972 – 26 March:Trolleybuses in Bradfordcease operation, the last system in the UK.[53]
- 1973 -Bradford Exchange railway stationclosed.
- 1974 –City of Bradfordlocal government districtcreated, combiningBingley,Bradford,Denholme,Haworth,Ilkley,Keighley,Shipley,Silsden.
- 1982 –Bradford and Ilkley Community College,and Peace Action Group[34]formed.
- 1983 –National Science and Media Museumopens as The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television.
- 1985
- 11 May:Bradford City stadium fire.
- Mohammed Ajeebbecomes Lord Mayor.
- Bradford City Football Clubare promoted to the second tier of English football (later called the Championship) as Champions.
- 1987 –Jonathan SilverbuysSalts Millas a commercial, retail and cultural venue and opens the 1853 Gallery here.
- 1992 –Pictureville Cinemaopens.
- 1993 – Bradford Animation Festival begins.
- 1994 – Railways to Bradford electrified.
- 1995
- Bradford International Film Festival begins.
- Bradford Northernchanges name toBradford Bullswith advent ofSuper League.
- June:Manningham riot.
- 1996
- Bradford City Football Clubmake their first ever appearance atWembley Stadiumwhen winning the 3rd tier (now called the 1st division) playoff final.
- Bradford Bullsreturn toWembley Stadium,losing theChallenge CupFinal againSt. HelensRLFC 40–32.Robbie Paulbecame the first man to score a hat trick at Wembley and then won theLance Todd Trophy.[54]
- 1997 –Bradford Bullswin their firstSuper Leaguetitle, including a record-breaking 20 straight victories, and are beatenChallenge Cupfinalists.[55]
- 1998 –Infest (festival)begins.
- 1999
- Bradford City Football Clubare promoted to the Premier League.
- Super Leaguerecord attendance is beaten with 24,020 watchingBradford BullsbeatLeeds Rhinos19–18 atOdsal Stadium.[25]
- A furtherSuper Leaguerecord is broken as 50,717 seeSt. HelensRLFC defeatBradford Bulls8–6 atOld Trafford Stadium.[25]
- 2000 –Bradford BullswinChallenge Cupfor first time in over 50 years, beatingLeeds Rhinos24–18 atMurrayfield StadiuminEdinburgh(due to rebuilding work atWembley Stadium).[56]
21st century[edit]
- 2001
- Saltairevillage becomes aUNESCOWorld Heritage Site.
- April:Bradford Bullsare beaten finalists inChallenge Cup,losing 13 – 6 toSt. HelensRLFC atTwickenham Stadium.[57]
- May:Bradford BullsplayerHenry Paulsets a new world record for consecutive goal kicks (35).
- July:Ethnic unrest.
- October: After finishing as Minor Premiers,Bradford Bullsbecome Premiers, defeatingWigan Warriors37–6 atOld Trafford.[58]
- Population: 467,665 (City of Bradford metropolitan district).
- 2002 –Bradford BullsbecomeWorld Club Challengechampions, defeatingNewcastle Knights41–26 atAlfred McAlpine Stadium.[59]
- 2003
- Saltaire Festivalbegins in Shipley.
- Bradford Bullshave most successful season in theSuper Leaguehistory by all possible trophies at once. They winChallenge Cupby defeatingLeeds Rhinos22 – 20 at Cardiff'sMillennium Stadium;[60]are named Minor Premiers; and win the Grand Final beatingWigan Warriors25 – 12 atOld Trafford.[61]Thanks to theChallenge Cupwin, they become the first team to win the cup in three different countries and at three different national stadia.
- 2004 –Bradford BullsbecomeWorld Club Challengechampions, defeating thePenrith Panthers22–4 atAlfred McAlpine Stadium.[61]
- 2005 –Bradford Bullsbecome the first team to win theSuper LeagueGrand Final from third in the league, beating theLeeds Rhinos15 – 6 atOld Trafford.[62]
- 2006
- Born in Bradfordhealth study begins.
- February:Bradford Bullswin theWorld Club Challengefor the third time by defeatingWests Tigers30–10 atAlfred McAlpine Stadium.[63]
- 2008 –Al Mahdi Mosqueinaugurated.
- 2009 –Bradfordbecomes the world's firstUNESCOCity of Film.[64]
- 2011 – Population: 522,452[65]
- 2012
- Bradford City Parkopens.
- British Wool Marketing Boardbuilding constructed.[66]
- 2013
- Bradford City Football Clubreach the League Cup Final. The first fourth tier club ever, to reach a major Wembley cup final.
- Bradford City Football Club are promoted to League One by winning the Wembley League Two playoff final.
- 2014 – TheBradford CollegeDavid Hockney building opens its doors.
- 2015 –The BroadwayShopping Mall opens.
- 2016 –Sunbridge WellsUnderground leisure and retail facility opens.
- 2022 – Bradford wins the2025 UK City of Culturedesignation on 31 May 2022.[67]
See also[edit]
- History of Bradford
- List of Lord Mayors of Bradford
- List of people from Bradford
- Grade I listed buildings in Bradford
- City of Bradford
- Timelinesof othercitiesinYorkshire and the Humber:Hull,Sheffield,York
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Published in 19th century[edit]
1800s–1840s[edit]
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1850s–1890s[edit]
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- "Yorkshire",Historical Directories,UK:University of Leicester.Includes Bradford directories, various dates.
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- "Progress, Industry, Humanity: Bradford's transformation from provincial town to international hub".Discovering Britain: Walks: Yorkshire and the Humber.Royal Geographical Society.c. 2013.
