Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shipley

Shipley, town and township with ry. sta., Bradford par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Aire, 3 miles NW. of Bradford, 1406 ac., pop. 15,093; 1 Bank; has mfrs. of worsted, and shares in the industries of Bradford, of which it is practically a suburb.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Bradford AP/CP       Shipley Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Shipley

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