Bolton and Undercliffe#Undercliffe
{{Short description|Electoral ward in West Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use British English |date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=August 2016}}
{{infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|53.81|-1.73|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Bolton and Undercliffe
| map_type = West Yorkshire
| population = 16,365
| population_ref = 2011 census{{NOMIS2011|id=1237321005|title=Bolton and Undercliffe Ward (as of 2011)|access-date=13 November 2018}}
| metropolitan_borough = City of Bradford
| metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire
| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| constituency_westminster = Bradford East
| post_town = BRADFORD
| postcode_district = BD2
| postcode_area = BD
| dial_code = 01274
| os_grid_reference = SE175350
| static_image_name = Bolton and Undercliffe Ward 2004.png
| static_image_caption = 2004 Boundaries of Bolton and Undercliffe Ward
| councillor1 = Cllr Rachel Sunderland
| party1 = Liberal Democrats
| party2 = Labour
| councillor2 = Cllr Suhail Choudhry
| councillor3 = Cllr Si Cunningham
}}
Bolton and Undercliffe is an electoral ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, England.
The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,365. Bolton and Undercliffe covers the area east of Bradford Beck, between Shipley & Wrose to the north and central Bradford to the south. It is a largely urban area.
Bolton
Bolton was a former village north of Bradford, but merged with Bradford in the 19th century.
Bolton is made of localities such as Bolton Woods, Ashbourne and Five Lane Ends.{{Cite book |edition=4 |publisher=Geographers' A-Z Map Company |isbn=978-1-84348-889-7 |title=Leeds & Bradford AZ |date=2013}}
Bolton refers from Old English bothl/boōl-tun "village with buildings".
The name was recorded as Boltetone in 1186.
= Landmarks =
There are a number of listed buildings in Bolton.
On Idle Road in Bolton there is Ivy Hall, a small 17th century hall{{Cite web |title=Ivy Hall |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336671-ivy-hall-}}
and Ivy Place, a mid 18th century house now subdivided.{{Cite web |title=Ivy Place |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336672-ivy-place-}}
Down Myers Lane (formerly named Owl Lane) in Bolton is Hodgson Fold, a group of 17th century buildings.
{{Cite web |title=Hodgson Fold Barn on Corner of Fold to East of Numbers 11, 12 and 13 |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336916-hodgson-fold-barn-on-corner-of-fold-to-e}};
{{Cite web |title=Hodgson Fold on Corner of Fold to East of Numbers 11, 12 and 13 |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336914-hodgson-fold-}};
{{Cite web |title=Hodgson Fold Number 14 and Adjoining Barn |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336917-hodgson-fold-number-14-and-adjoining-bar}};
{{Cite web |title=Numbers 17, 18 and Integral Barn to Rear |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336918-numbers-17-18-and-integral-barn-to-rear-}};
{{Cite web |title=Hodgson Fold |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336915-hodgson-fold-}}
On Bolton Lane there is Walnut Cottage and the 18th century Walnut Tree Farmhouse and barn.
{{Cite web |title=Walnut Cottage Walnut Tree Farmhouse |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336146-walnut-cottage-walnut-tree-farmhouse-}};
{{Cite web |title=Number 34 and Adjoining Barn to Rear |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336145-number-34-and-adjoining-barn-to-rear-}}
Also on Bolton Lane is Bolton First School a church school dating from circa 1860.{{Cite web |title=Bolton First School |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-488155-bolton-first-school-}}
On Lister Lane is Bolton House a former modest country house,{{Cite web |title=Bolton House |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336731-bolton-house-}}
and there are listed park lodges, memorials and sculptures in Peel Park.
In Wrose is Bolton Old Hall, a timber framed building largely rebuilt in 1672, and an attached cottage.{{Cite web |title=Bolton Old Hall |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336263-bolton-old-hall-wrose-}};{{Cite web |title=Bolton Old Hall Cottage |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336264-bolton-old-hall-cottage-wrose-}}
There are some five public houses scattered throughout Bolton
{{Cite web |title=Pubs in Bolton |work=Pubs Galore |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/bolton/west-yorkshire/}};
{{Cite web |title=Pubs in Swain House |work=Pubs Galore |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/swain-house/west-yorkshire/}};
{{Cite web |title=Pubs in Bolton |work=Pubs Galore |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/bolton-outlanes/west-yorkshire/}}
and in the north west of Bolton is Bolton Woods Quarry a large stone quarry near Gaisby.{{Cite web |title= Bolton Woods Quarry, Bradford |work=BBC - Domesday Reloaded |access-date = 18 July 2013 |date=1986 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-416000-435000/page/4}}
;Churches
On Bolton Road is the Grade II listed Church of Saint James{{Cite web |title=Church of St James |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-336150-church-of-st-james-}}
and Bolton Methodist Church is further up Bolton Road in Bolton.{{Cite web |title=Bolton Methodist Church |work=Bradford North Circuit |access-date=18 July 2013 |date=1 September 2012 |url=http://www.bradfordnorth.org.uk/bolton.html}}
{{gallery |align=center |width=160 |footer=*listed building
|File:St James, Bolton, Bradford.jpg |Saint James's Church,* Bolton Road
|File:Bolton Woods Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 1230247.jpg |Bolton Woods Quarry
|File:Bolton Hall, Wrose, Bradford.jpg |Bolton Old Hall, Wrose*
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Undercliffe
Undercliffe means "below the cliff", referring to a village below a hill-spur.
The name was recorded as Indreclif in 1038.
Over time Undercliffe has moved uphill and encroached into Eccleshill.
= History =
File:The Robin Hood public house, Undercliffe.jpg
The Dudley Hill to Killinghall turnpike of 1804 came through Undercliffe, and the former Robin Hood public house was a toll office for the turnpike.{{Cite book |publisher=Department of External Studies, University of Leeds |last=Eccleshill Local History Group |title=Memories of Eccleshill |date=January 1990}}
The turnpike still exists in the area as Killinghall Road to Bradford Moor and as Harrogate Road after a name change from Killinghall Road.
;Cinema history
File:Oxford Bingo and Social Club.jpg
The 750 seat purpose-built Oxford Cinema on Dudley Hill Road was of a stone construction, and opened in 1914.
Sound was installed by 1930 and it closed briefly again in 1955 for refurbishment.
In 1962 it became a bingo club for three days of the week and a cinema the rest.
It closed temporarily for alterations in 1965 but closed permanently as a cinema early the next year reopening as a bingo club, now the Oxford Bingo and Social Club.{{Cite web |last=Sutton |first=Colin |title=Oxford Cinema History |work=Bradford Timeline |access-date=18 August 2016 |date=2008 |url=http://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/oxford.htm}}
The bingo hall was destroyed in a fire in 2021 during a COVID-19 lock-down and quickly demolished.{{Cite web |last=Ames |first=Daryl |title=LIVE: Fire at bingo hall in Undercliffe |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |accessdate=28 February 2021 |date=28 February 2021 |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19124398.fire-crews-remain-bingo-hall-dudley-hill-road-undercliffe/}}
The Coronet Cinema on Otley Road near Peel Park was purpose-built and opened in 1923.
For many years it was known as the Coronet Picture House.
Sound was installed around 1930 and a new wide screen in 1954.
The cinema suffered a serious fire in 1955 and after recovering closed finally in 1958.
The building was stripped and re-purposed as a wholesale food distribution warehouse but was destroyed by fire in 2003 and had to be quickly demolished.{{Cite web |last=Sutton |first=Colin |title=Coronet Cinema History |work=Bradford Timeline |access-date=18 August 2016 |date=2003 |url=http://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/corone.htm}}
A terrace of new houses now stand on the site.
The purpose-built brick and stone Tennyson Cinema was located to the south between Dacre Street, North Wing and Otley Road.
and opened in 1923 as the 1166 seat Tennyson Picture House.
Sound was installed in 1930, and in 1954 Cinemascope was installed while seating was further reduced to 1095.
The Tennyson Cinema closed in 1961.
The premises reopened as the Tennyson Bingo and Social Club, but later the building was demolished for road widening.{{Cite web |last=Sutton |first=Colin |title=Tennyson Cinema History |work=Bradford Timeline |access-date=25 August 2016 |year=2008 |url=http://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/tennys.htm}}
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= Landmarks =
In the south of Undercliffe is Peel Park a public park named after prime minister Sir Robert Peel.
Also in the south of Undercliffe is Bradford (Undercliffe) Cemetery.
The houses/small mansions of Guy's Cliffe on nearby Undercliffe Lane dating from circa 1850 are listed buildings{{Cite web |title=Guy's Cliffe |work=British Listed Buildings |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-337263-guy-s-cliffe-}}
as are several memorials in Undercliffe Cemetery.
There is only one public house remaining in Undercliffe after the loss of the Hare and Hounds, the Green Man and the Robin Hood.{{Cite web |title=Pubs in Undercliffe |work=Pubs Galore |access-date=18 August 2016 |url=http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/undercliffe/west-yorkshire/}}
;Churches
On Otley Road stands Saint Andrew's Methodist Church{{cite news |last1=Lowson |first1=Rob |title=Congregation gathers to mark 20th anniversary of massacre |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15071620.congregation-gathers-to-mark-20th-anniversary-of-massacre/ |access-date=13 November 2018 |work=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |date=5 February 2017}} and Saint Augustine's Church.{{Cite web |title=St Augustine's Church |work=Church Contacts |access-date=21 July 2013 |url=http://staugustinesbradford.org.uk/contact-us/ }}{{cite web |title=Bradford: St Augustine - A Church Near You |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/6846/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |access-date=18 June 2019}}
= Sports =
Undercliffe Cricket Club, established in 1875, has a cricket ground on Intake Road near Fagley.{{Cite web |title=Undercliffe Cricket Club |work=iBegin |access-date=13 July 2013 |url=http://www.ibegin.com/directory/uk/west-yorkshire/bradford/undercliffe-cricket-club/}} Undercliffe joined the Bradford Cricket League when it was formed in 1903 with twelve clubs and is one of only two (Undercliffe and Bankfoot) of the inaugural twelve that are current members.{{cite web | url=http://undercliffecricketclub.co.uk/?page_id=15 | title=Club History | publisher=Undercliffe Cricket Club | access-date=August 26, 2017}}
{{gallery |align=center |width=160
|File:Undercliffe Cricket Club Pavilion - Intake Road - geograph.org.uk - 733601.jpg |Undercliffe Cricket Club pavilion
|File:St Andrew's Church, Undercliffe.jpg |St Andrew's Methodist Church, Otley Road
|File:The Green Man on Otley Road, Bradford (geograph 4963235).jpg |The Green Man public house, Otley Road
|File:St Augustine, Undercliffe, Bradford.jpg |St Augustine's Church, Otley Road
}}
Councillors
Bolton and Undercliffe Ward is represented by three councillors from the Labour party: Suhail Choudhry, Simon Cunningham and Julie Humphreys {{cite web | title = Bolton and Undercliffe Councillors | url = https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=7676 | website = bradford.moderngov.co.uk | publisher = City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | access-date = 24 September 2017}}
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Election | colspan="2"|Councillor | colspan="2"|Councillor | colspan="2"|Councillor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Weston Gray (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Robert Christopher Hargreaves (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2006
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Gray (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Robert Christopher Hargreaves (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2007
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | David Gray (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Margaret Chadwick (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2008
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | David Gray (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Margaret Chadwick (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2010
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Gray (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Margaret Chadwick (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2011
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | David Gray (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Margaret Chadwick (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2012
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | David Gray (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Tracey Leeming (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2014
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Rachel Emma Sunderland (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Howard Middleton (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Tracey Leeming (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2015
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Rachel Sunderland (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Michael Andrew Stelling (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Tracey Leeming (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2016
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Rachel Sunderland (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Michael Stelling (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Ward (Independent) | |||
| 2018
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Ian Greenwood (Labour) |style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"| | Michael Stelling (Lib Dem) |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"| | |||
| 2019
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Ian Greenwood (Labour) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Suhail Choudhry (Labour) |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"| | |||
| 2021
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Ian Greenwood (Labour) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Suhail Choudhry (Labour) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Simon Cunningham (Labour) | |||
| 2022
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| |bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Julie Humphreys (Labour) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Suhail Choudhry (Labour) |style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"| | Simon Cunningham (Labour) |
{{Color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election.
Notable people
James Joseph Magennis was awarded a Victoria Cross in the Second World War for operations involving X-Craft midget submarines in attacks on Axis ships. He moved to live in Swain House in the 1960s.{{Cite web |title=James J Magennis VC - victoria cross |access-date=12 June 2020 |work=Victoria Cross - The Men Behind The Medals |url=http://vconline.org.uk/james-j-magennis-vc/4587495128}}{{Additional citation needed|date=June 2020 |reason=Swain House not mentioned in citation or linked article}}
Actor Edward Peel attended schools in Swain House.
He appeared in the Dragonfire series of the science fiction series Doctor Who.{{Cite web |title=Edward Peel |work=IMDb |access-date=12 June 2020 |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670230/}}{{Additional citation needed|date=June 2020 |reason=Swain House not mentioned in citation or linked article}}
Barbara Jane Harrison – the first and, to date, only female recipient in peacetime of the George Cross medal for bravery was born at a house on Kingsdale Crescent. A Bradford Civic Society blue plaque to commemorate Barbara was unveiled at Bradford City Hall in 2019 and installed near to Barbara's birthplace on Bolton Road, at the junction with Kingsdale Crescent.
Eva Leigh – a portraitist and silhouettist who was born in Undercliffe and worked as an artist in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=Dr Fiona |title=Finding Eva Leigh: rediscovering a Harrogate artist |date=2024 |publisher=North Yorkshire Council and Mercer Art Gallery |location=York and Harrogate}}
See also
References
{{Reflist|33em}}
External links
{{Commons category|Undercliffe, Bradford}}
{{Commons category|Bolton, Bradford}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040927062036/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/election_2004/bradford/bolton_and_undercliffe.shtml BBC election results]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070316093811/http://www.bradfordinfo.com/census/WardProfiles/bolton%20and%20undercliffe.pdf Council ward profile]
- [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22620 A Vision of Britain through Time]
- [https://www.bradford.gov.uk/media/6575/boltonhistorytrail.pdf Bolton History Trail]
{{Geographic location
|Northwest = Wrose
|North = Idle
|Northeast = Eccleshill
|West = Frizinghall,
Manningham
|Centre = Bolton and Undercliffe
|East =
|Southwest = Wapping,
Bradford city centre
|South = Barkerend,
Bowling and Barkerend
|Southeast = Bradford Moor
}}
{{City of Bradford}}