Bradford Moor Barracks
{{Short description|Defunct military installation in England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = Bradford Moor Barracks
| image = Habib's Restaurant, formerly Ye Barrack Tavern, Bradford Moor.jpg
| caption = The now-reopened Barrack Tavern, which used to be frequented by soldiers, is opposite the site of the former barracks.
| type = Barracks
| map_type = United Kingdom West Yorkshire
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within West Yorkshire
| location = Bradford, West Yorkshire
|coordinates = {{coord|53.7982|-1.7196|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| ownership = War Office
| operator = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| built = 1843–1844
| used = 1844–1931
| architect =
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| occupants =
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Bradford Moor Barracks was a military installation at Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.
History
The barracks were built between 1843 and 1844 as part of the response to the Chartist riots.White's 1853 Directory & Gazetteer of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield & Wakefield In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted and the barracks became the depot for the 14th Regiment of Foot.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm |title=Training Depots |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=16 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210172841/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/depot/1873.htm |archivedate=10 February 2006 }} In 1878 the 14th Regiment of Foot moved to Imphal Barracks in York{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/15_Brigade_Imphal_Barracks_A_History.pdf|title=A History of Imphal Barracks|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=29 March 2014}} but other troops from the barracks were deployed to suppress the riots in Bradford in 1891.{{Cite web|url=http://www.spectralbooks.com/bradford-riots/|title=Strike Riots at Bradford|date=14 April 1891|work=The Times|accessdate=28 October 2016}} During the First World War the barracks were used to accommodate German prisoners of war.{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/our-yorkshire/heritage/world-war-one/homefront/bradford-s-struggle-to-keep-the-home-fires-burning-1-7129269|title=Bradford's struggle to keep the home fires burning|work=Yorkshire Post|date=27 February 2015|accessdate=28 October 2016}} By 1931 the barracks had been decommissioned and were in a poor state: they were demolished to make way for a housing scheme.{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1931/mar/05/barracks-bradford|title=Barracks, Bradford|work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|date=5 March 1931|access-date=28 October 2016}}
References
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Category:Installations of the British Army