Thornbury, Bradford
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Thornbury is an area of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England on the border with the City of Leeds. Thornbury is located in the
History
Thornbury was originally a distinct village but became part of Bradford in 1882.[1]
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Thornbury was the seat of various enterprises such as Crofts Engineering[2] and John Sharp & Co textile manufacturing machine engineers[3][4] and the Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company. On Leeds Road there were some large former tramsheds and former bus depot[5][6] dating from when Bradford had its own tram, trolleybus and bus services. Bradford Corporation Trams had their own works in Thornbury where over 150 tram cars were built.[5]
Economy
On Gain Lane are British Bakeries' Hovis bakeries, and the headquarters of Wm Morrison Supermarkets.[9]
Off Leeds Old Road in the Woodhall Retail Centre are supermarkets and the Thornbury Medical Centre. On Leeds Old Road is the Thornbury Centre - a conference centre, library and church opened in March 1999, built on the site of the demolished St. Margaret's Church with £1.19 million funding from the Millennium Commission.[10][11] There is only one working public house remaining in Thornbury.[12]
On Dick Lane in the Gallagher Leisure Park is the Odeon Leeds-Bradford a 13 screen multiplex cinema.[8]
Education
On the edge of old Thornbury village is Laisterdyke Leadership Academy. Thornbury has a public lending library in the Thornbury Centre on Leeds Old Road.[13]
Transport
The main roads through the area are the
New Pudsey 1 mile (1.6 km) east is the nearest railway station.
Thornbury is served by
Sport
To the east of Thornbury is the Phoenix Park Golf Course.[15]
Thornbury Trojans reached the national final of the Amateur Baseball Cup in 1937, along with Birmingham side Durex, a final that was never played.[16]
Notable people
The poet and novelist Joolz Denby lives in Thornbury.
See also
References
- ^ "History of Bradford, Yorkshire – 1850 to 1899". Bradford Timeline. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "Crofts (Engineers)". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "John Sharp and Co". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "Benjamin Dobson (Bradford)". Grace's Guide to British Industrial History. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Bradford Corporation Transport: 1898–1974". Local Transport Histories. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Former tramshed, Thornbury". Geograph. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ Greenhalf, Jim (23 April 1999). "How Bill Tamed the Wild West". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ a b c Sutton, Colin (2003). "Bradford - Cinemas of Laisterdyke". Bradford Timeline. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ^ "Company history". Morrisons. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ "The Thornbury Centre". The Thornbury Centre. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Millennium Commission announces £1.19 million to Thornbury Centre in Bradford" (PDF). Millennium Commission. 17 December 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Pubs in Thornbury". Pubs Galore. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "Thornbury Library". Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (18 October 2002). "Bradford plans angel of the not-so-far north". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ "Phoenix Park Golf Club". Golfcourses.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ 'Team Failed to Arrive: Baseball Wait at Bradford'. Bradford Observer. 30 August 1937. p.9 - retrieved via British Newspaper Archive