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Later it was the home of the Bradford industrialist Samuel Cunliffe Lister, later Lord Masham.

The Cartwright Memorial Hall in Lister Park, Bradford, built during the time of Bradford's pre-eminence as one of the major woollen manufacturing towns of the world, now houses one of the city's best museums

The hillside town of Yeadon lies to the north of Bradford, and is today perhaps most famous as the site of the Leeds-Bradford Airport.

Bradford was the centre of the woollen and worsted industry, even though trade with the United States during the 1890s had been badly affected by the McKinley Tariffs.

The square was named after the Bradford MP W E Forster, who sponsored the compulsory education act of 1870.

The square was named after the Bradford MP W E Forster, who sponsored the compulsory education act of 1870.

The plateau-top village of Youlgreave stands between the valleys of the Bradford and the Lathkill; it is a prosperous settlement based on lead mining and farming.

Batley was one of the pioneers of steam trams; they ran from 1874, and the depot in Bradford Road later became Wilson's Mill.

FOR MANY YEARS, after the decline of the weaving industry, the manufacture of rubber linked the two West Wiltshire towns of Bradford on Avon and Melksham.

The electric street tramway system operated on 3ft 6in gauged track, and opened in 1898, the same year as similar systems in Bradford, Glasgow, Halifax, Liverpool, Stockton, Cork and Kidderminster.

slopes of Middleton Dale, west of the village of Youlgreave and near the hamlet of Middleton-by- Youlgreave, offer a tranquil walk in beautiful surroundings by the banks of the frequently-weired River Bradford

Sherborne School for Girls dating from 1899 and founded by Mrs Kenelm Wingfield Digby, is here seen on Bradford Road - its home from 1903.

Cleckheaton is another former textile town, five miles south of Bradford, which has had to find a new role during the late 20th century.

The town of Bradford-on-Avon can be seen in the distance clinging to the valley side.

Margaret Dobson's book 'Bradford Voices' has a picture of the pre-stressed concrete sections being lowered into place in October 1962.

Saltaire is on the Midland Railway main line from Bradford to Skipton.

Saltaire is on the Midland Railway main line from Bradford to Skipton.

The Mill Bridge in the pretty hamlet of Alport crosses the River Bradford near its confluence with the Lathkill, three miles south of Bakewell.

The square was named after the Bradford MP for 25 years, W E Forster, who was responsible for the momentous 1870 Education Act.

A crowd of 70,000 cheered the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were also here to open the Bradford Exhibition at Lister Park.

The Wool Exchange (1867) was a triumphal tribute to the roots of Bradford's prosperity.

At one time it was a favourite venue for gala days and brass band competitions, with special trains bringing people from such places as Leeds, Bradford, Bury and Oldham.

Pevsner describes the building as 'large, with an angle turret, Jacobean with shaped gables and mullioned and transomed windows, irregular and picturesque, but on a scale excessive for Bradford

Saltaire station lies on the Midland Railway route between Bradford and Skipton.