In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wyke like this:
WIKE, or Wyke, a township-chapelry in Birstal parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near Picklebridge r. station, and 4½ miles S of Bradford. It has a post-office under Normanton. Acres, 920. Real property, £10,949; of which £6,200 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 2,916; in 1861, 3,016. Houses, 659. ...
The manor belongs to the Low Moor Company. There are two worsted mills, dye-works, and a card manufactory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £155.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1847; is in the early English style; and has a spire 120 feet high. There are an Independent chapel, a Moravian settlement, and a national school.
Wyke through time
Wyke is now part of Bradford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bradford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wyke itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wyke, in Bradford and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14504
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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