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It was built in 1905 by Edmund Purefoy Ellis Jervoise, but by 1915 Lady Bradford was living there. In 1955, she decided to move, and the house was acquired by the Convent of St Lucy.

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

At its height in the 19th and early 20th century, Halifax was the greatest of the textile towns of West Yorkshire, a centre for woollen manufacture and clothing, larger even than Leeds or Bradford.

The glass shades on the Bradford Boot and Shoe Exchange (left) carry interesting advertisements: men's nailed boots cost from 3s 11d.

The glass shades on the Bradford Boot and Shoe Exchange (left) carry interesting advertisements: men's nailed boots cost from 3s 11d.

The tramway from Bradford came here in 1914, but the first road accident happened years earlier in 1900. A 10mph speed limit was imposed in 1903.

St Aldhelm built an ecclesiola at Bradford, and a monastery is recorded in a deed of 705 when he was Abbot.

The Bradford Exhibition of 1904 stimulated the laying-out of this former country estate.

The Scots are known to have raided at least as far south as Bradford.

The Scots are known to have raided at least as far south as Bradford.

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

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place

Brook's Cafe Restaurant is now The Bradford & Bingley Building Society. The horse is still supreme: it would be another three years before the first car made its appearance in town.

This road runs between Coggeshall Road and Bradford Street; it replaced the old road, which ran 30 or 40 metres back from the left-hand side of this picture, when Sydney Courtauld built Bocking Place

The Bradford Exhibition of 1904 stimulated the laying-out of this former country estate.

A light railway came from Harrogate in 1862, and was much used during the construction of the reservoirs for Bradford Corporation.

You would take your life in your hands if you tried to take this view looking south up the A650 Bradford-Skipton road in the centre of the Airedale town of Bingley today.

The Druids’ Altar is a naturally large millstone grit formation on the edge of, and overlooking, the Aire valley conurbation, with Bradford to the east and to the west the eastern end of the Yorkshire

The Druids' Altar is a naturally large millstone grit formation on the edge of, and overlooking, the Aire valley conurbation, with Bradford to the east and to the west the eastern end of the Yorkshire

The park was later called Roberts Park, after being bought by another industrialist, and was then offered to Bradford Council.

The park was later called Roberts Park, after being bought by another industrialist, and was then offered to Bradford Council.

It is built on land owned by the Urban District Council and on land adjacent to the main offices of the council at Oaklands, the former home of Sir James Bradford.

This area was built by the mill owner Titus Salt as a model industrial village alongside a canal, river and railway, well away from the pollution of Bradford.

Up to the 15th century, Otley was of more importance than either Leeds or Bradford. England's oldest agricultural show began here in 1799. The market town is bisected by the 75-mile River Wharfe.