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North Bradford Estate Agents, West Yorkshire, England.
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Thackley in North Bradford
'Broad Ford', later known as Bradford, was first settled in Saxon times and by the middle ages had become a small town centred on Kirkgate, Westgate and Ivegate.
The 'Manor of Bradford' was first held by the De Lacy family until 1311 and then in turn by the Earls on Lincoln, John Gaunt and the Crown before passing into private hands in 1620.
After an uprising in 1070 against the Norman conquest, Bradford was laid waste but began to extend slowly over the next two-hundred years with the woolen trade gaining in prominence. The Civil War caused a decline in the industry but with the accession of William and Mary in 1689 prosperity began to return. The launch of manufacturing in the early 18th Century marked the start of the town's development whilst new canal and turnpike road links encouraged trade.
