Wrose

Wrose
Wrose
 Wrose shown within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan boroughCity of Bradford
Metropolitan county West Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BRADFORD
Postcode district BD18
Dialling code 01274
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 53°49′40″N 1°45′07″W / 53.82791°N 1.75206°W / 53.82791; -1.75206

Wrose is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, about three miles north of Bradford city centre, and south-east of Shipley.

History

Although the name Wrose was established as a place name within the Manor of Idle by the time of Elizabeth I of England, it is not mentioned in the Poll Tax returns of 1379.[1] The name probably existed as a place name for some time before then.

Rapid house expansion took place in Wrose in the 1930s. Many houses dating from the time of Charles II were demolished to make way for these new semi-detached properties.[1]

Close to the old quarries to the north west of Wrose was the former Wrose Hill brickworks created for the manufacture of bricks and sanitary tubes.[2]

Geography

Wrose sits on top of a hillside at a height of around 600-foot (180 m) above sea level, overlooking the Aire valley and Bradford valley. Wrose is surrounded by other areas of Shipley and Bradford such as Windhill, Woodend, West Royd, Idle Moor, Gaisby and Owlet.[3]

Around the hillside (Carr Hill) can be found the remains of many stone quarries, whose growth exploded in the 19th century as the city of Bradford grew with the wool trade. Many of Bradford's fine Yorkshire millstone buildings are built from these resources. A quarry at nearby Bolton Woods still operates today. The geology of the area is that of mudstones, siltstones, fine sandstones, coal, pipeclay, fireclay and ganister as indicated by exposed rocks in the old quarry—parts of which are in a dangerous state.[2]

 Shipley town centre Baildon Thackley
Idle
   Wrose  
Frizinghall Bradford city centre Eccleshill

Governance

Wrose has been civil parish since 2004.[4] The area is entirely surrounded by unparished areas of Bradford.

Landmarks

Churches in Wrose include Wrose Methodist Church[5] while the local post office and local branch library are on Wrose Road.[6][7] Also on Wrose Road are Wrose's two public houses, The Bold Privateer and Wrose Bull.[8] The Bold Privateer is named after the Earl of Cumberland who owned all the land in the Wrose area in the time of Elizabeth I of England.[1] The present-day Wrose Bull was originally named The Hare and Hounds after its move to new premises, but at the insistence of locals was renamed for the colloquial name of the original alehouse.[1] There are listed buildings in Wrose on Snowden Road[9] and Tudor Barn Court.[10]

Economy

Wrose is a largely residential area and there are a number of shops along Wrose Road in Wrose.

Education

Low Ash Primary School is to be found on Wrose Road close to the centre of Wrose.[11]

Transport

Wrose is served by a number of West Yorkshire Transport's bus services.[12]

Notable residents

Wrose was home to the Yorkshire sporting family the Jowets, of which the last and most notable member was Dawson Jowet, founder of the Airedale beagles hunting pack in 1891, and its Master until his death in 1933.[13] His monument remains on Ilkley Moor. Adrian Edmondson comic actor, writer, musician and director, was born in Wrose but grew up in nearby Idle.[14] The Yorkshire & Humber MEP Richard Corbett, Deputy Leader of the Labour MEPs, lives in Wrose.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Humphreys, Martin. "Wrose – A Short History". wroseparishcouncil. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Wrose Hill, Shipley" (PDF). West Yorkshire Geology Trust. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Leeds and Bradford A-Z (2 ed.). Geographers A-Z Map Co. Ltd. 2006. ISBN 1-84348-209-6.
  4. ↑ "Nine elected to new parish council". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 16 June 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Wrose Methodist Church". Find a Church. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "Wrose Post Office Opening Times". Post Office Opening Hours. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Wrose Library". wroseparishcouncil. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Pubs in Wrose". Pubs Galore. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "3 and 5, Snowden Road, Wrose". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 October 2012.; "33 and 35, Snowden Road, Wrose". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "24 and 26, Towngate, Wrose". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Low Ash Primary School". Low Ash Primary School. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Bradford Bus Services". West Yorkshire Metro. Retrieved 23 July 2012.; "Bus timetables: Services 800 to 967". West Yorkshire Metro. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "History of the Airedale Beagles". Airedale Beagles. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  14. ↑ "The Shared Heritage Trail of Immanuel College, Idle, Thackley, Blakehill and Thorpe Primary Schools". Blakehill Primary School. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

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