Allerton, Yorkshire
| Allerton | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Chellow Dene Lower Reservoir | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE122336 |
| Location: | 53°48’15"N, 1°49’10"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 0 |
| Post town: | Bradford |
| Postcode: | BD15 |
| Dialling code: | 01274 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bradford |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bradford West |
Allerton is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the west of Bradford and now increasingly part of its conurbation.[1] Its population has grown to around 12,000.
Allerton is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wilsden-cum-Allerton. The local residents of the suburb pronounce it as Ollerton, 'Ol' rather than 'Al'.
Geography and history
The name 'Allerton' derives from Old English, and means an alder tree at a farm or settlement. Allerton is mentioned as a settlement worth 2 pounds, 10 shillings to the Lord, Ilbert of Lacy, in 1066. It is also known that the settlement was waste in the 11th century, probably due to the Harrying of the North that was led by William the Conqueror as a retaliation to rebellions in Yorkshire and the northern shires.[2]
Chellow Dene is a local beauty spot at the north of Allerton. It is a wooded valley with two Victorian reservoirs, and is a haven for local wildlife.[1] A significant amount of the village, mostly towards the south, was built in the decades following the Second World War as council housing.
In 1825, on the eastern fringes of the village with Bradford, the Bradford Public Dispensary opened at Darley Street, moved to Westgate as the Bradford Infirmary in 1843. The hospital became the Bradford Royal Infirmary (known as BRI to locals) in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. This joined the National Health Service in 1948.
Seabrook Potato Crisps was founded in 1945 in Bradford and the company opened its first factory in Allerton in 1956 when Charles and Colin Brook converted the old Allerton liberal club into their factory. The company's Allerton factory closed in 2004 and was finally demolished in 2015 following a fire, in 2016 an Aldi store was built on the site, production then moved to the company's Princeville site, also in Bradford.[3]
A new housing development on the immediate western edge of the village - known as Heron's Reach - consisting of nearly 300 houses, began construction at the end of 2016.[4] The development had previously been cancelled following opposition from local ward councillors and residents, and remains controversial, due to its situation on a green belt site.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Allerton, Yorkshire) |
- Allerton, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Allerton". Eagle Media Publishing Limited. http://www.bronte-country.com/allerton.html.
- ↑ Allerton, Yorkshire in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Watson, Elaine (1 July 2007). "Crispy business". Food Manufacture. http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/4934/Crispy__business.html.
- ↑ "Keepmoat breaks ground on £43m Heron's Reach". Bdaily. 13 December 2016. https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2016/12/13/keepmoat-breaks-ground-on-43m-herons-reach-development-in-bradford.
