North Bierley Planning Book::

Notes for the Register of Building Plans for North Bierley

Bradford Office of the West Yorkshire Archives

Reference 62D80/3

North Bierley was a township within the parish of Bradford.

It had offices at Hardy Street, Wibsey from 1866, later moving to premises off Holroyd Hill opposite the top of Wibsey Bank.

It became a part of the borough of Bradford in 1899.

During the “lifetime” of this book, Wyke although in Birstall parish, came into the township Parts of Bailiff Bridge are also included. With boundary changes they went into Clifton when North Bierley became part of Bradford.

Some entries are marked “Out of City” which is puzzling, as Bradford was not a city at that time.

We have transcribed what we saw in the book, even if it sometimes looked incorrect. The exceptions are

  • We have split the name column into given name and surname. Companies, partnerships, etc are usually in the surname column. Exors is in the given name column, with the surname where it should be.
  • Where two people applied and their full names are given we have duplicated the entry for each person. Thus John Smith and Peter Brown have a line each with the same information against each person. There is a “J” against an entry to show there is another joint applicant. If the entry had said Smith and Brown we would have presumed it was a business partnership and only made one entry.
  • Some businesses have been entered in many different ways e.g. Bros, Bro or Brothers. The Low Moor Company appears as Low Moor Co, Coy, Company and after 1888 as Ltd, Limited. We have transcribed them as written.

In the “remarks” column, if it says “line” then a line was drawn across the column. Many of the entries in this column are in pencil and VERY difficult to make out. Some entries are annotated “Petts” – we think he was one of the planning inspectors.

Many of the plans for the years 1866 to 1882 may be consulted at the Bradford Office of the West Yorkshire Archives. The rest are lost.

Please note that the column “Area” has been added by us. We have inserted abbreviations (see below) to help search for locations. We did this mainly for ease of use for researchers in Low Moor and Wibsey Local History Societies. Please bear in mind we may have identified some places incorrectly and the areas used are only a guide to where the location may have been.

BB

Bailiff Bridge

 

BF

Bankfoot

also known as Wibsey Bankfoot, includes Truncliffe

BI

Bierley

includes Dudley Hill

BU

Buttershaw

 

HT

Hill Top

includes Old Hill Top, Fiddlers Hill, Pye Nook, Park Road

LM

Low Moor

Includes Moorside and “vague” addresses

LW

Lower Wyke

 

MC

Morley Carr

includes Carr Lane, New Works Road, Long Wall Side

MT

Moor Top

includes Abb Scott Lane and Moorside Farm

NR

New Road Side

includes Storr Hill

OA

Oakenshaw

includes Woodlands, Salthorn, New Brighton

OD

Odsal

includes White Lane Top, Cart Gate, Penny Close Farm ,Sal Nook

PK

Park House

 

RH

Royds Hall

 

RN

Raw Nook

 

TF

Toftshaw

 

WB

Wibsey

includes Holroyd Hill, Carr Top

WH

Woodhouse Hill

 

WP

Wesley Place

includes Sal Royd

WS

Wibsey Slack

includes all references to “Slack”, Buttershaw Lane Top and Beacon Road

WY

Wyke

includes Woodroyd

 

 

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