Bradford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Adderstone with Lucker, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is situated to the south-west of Bamburgh, a short distance inland from the North Sea coast. In 1951 the parish had a population of 14.[1]
| Bradford | |
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  Bradford Location within Northumberland | |
| OS grid reference | NU155325 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BELFORD |
| Postcode district | NE70 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| UK Parliament | |
History
editThe name "Bradford" means 'Broad ford'.[2] Bradford was formerly a township in the parish of Bambrough,[3] from 1866 Bradford was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 to form Adderstone with Lucker.[4]
Governance
editBradford is in the parliamentary constituency of North Northumberland.
References
edit- ^ "Population statistics Bradford Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Bradford Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 4 November 2021. Note that there are 2, select the more northerly red dot.
- ^ "History of Bradford, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Bradford Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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