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In the early 19th century, Bradford had thirty-two cloth factories and Holy Trinity was the church of the clothiers.

Bradford-on-Avon has changed little in the last century.

Fortunately, it is possible to appreciate all of this river on its near five-mile journey from Lathkill Head Cave until it empties into the river Bradford at Alport: a footpath follows the whole course

Shipley, three miles north-west of Bradford, in the valley of the River Aire, is a busy town on the A65 Skipton Road.

The railway station is on the Midland line from Bradford to Skipton.

Transport into this part of Bradford progressed from horse trams in 1882 to steam trams by 1884, and electric ones from 1897.

Note the large gilt letters above Bradford House.

Technical education had received a boost during the 1880s when towns like Bradford committed funds to build specialist colleges.

Bradford was not only the first to introduce trolleybuses, but the last to discontinue their service - the system survived until 1972 when it was finally closed.

In 1911, a joint scheme between Leeds and Bradford saw the inauguration of Britain's first trolleybus service.

Beyond here is Scar House Reservoir, providing water for Bradford.

Although Oastler was from Huddersfield, Bradford was chosen for the site of his statue as his campaign to reduce working hours for factory children was centred in the city.

Pevsner described The Hall as 'the one nationally major mansion in Bradford, not a town house but a country house in character'.

In 1911, a joint scheme between Leeds and Bradford saw the inauguration of Britain's first trolleybus service.

The shops on the left were demolished in the 1930s to make way for Burton Tailors and F W Bradford Ltd, a family-run department store incorporated into James Beattie in 1960.

Unlike Bradford, Bristol was not about to embark on running a railway: they simply wanted the trackbed for a new road to Avonmouth, for the Gorge was not wide enough for both.

Note the large gilt letters above Bradford House.

The New Bear Hotel, left, is now Silver Street House, having been restored by Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust in 1977.

In his 'Bradford on Avon Past and Present', Harold Fassnidge describes the carillon, dating from 1614, as having been augmented over the years; it now has a repertoire of hymns played regularly.

Bradford's complete tram system closed on 6 May 1950 when trolleybuses took over - they lasted until 26 March 1972.

It contains a number of statues of prominent men of Bradford, which became a city in the year of this photograph.

In the thirty years from 1880, Bradford's population doubled to nearly 300,000.

It was built in 1905 by Edmund Purefoy Ellis Jervoise, but by 1915 Lady Bradford was living there.

West Bradford gets its name from being west of the broad, shallow ford of the River Ribble.