Barkerend
| Barkerend | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Barkerend Road looking towards the city centre | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE173331 |
| Location: | 53°47’40"N, 1°44’15"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Bradford |
| Postcode: | BD3 |
| Dialling code: | 01274 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bradford |
Barkerend is a village which has become a mere inner-city area of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, east of the city centre and surrounded by Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford Moor, Laisterdyke, Bowling, Broomfields, Little Germany and Wapping, including an area of modern housing known as Pollard Park.[1]
History
Off Barkerend roundabout was the now partially demolished Barkerend Mills. These mills were established in 1815 as a steam powered worsted spinning mill. The street-front buildings were warehouses with an arched gateway into the mill complex behind.
More mills were added in 1852 and the last block still remains today, disused and minus the chimney.[2]
The area had a number of cinemas including The Hippodrome Picturehouse / Roxy on Barkerend Road.[3]
About the village
The majority of Barkerend's population today are of South Asian origin, in particular Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Afghan, and the area has high levels of unemployment and social and economic deprivation.
An imposing church, St Clements, stands on Barkerend Road. It is the Church of England parish church for the village. Designed by Edward Prioleau Warren and built 1892–1894 in a neo-Gothic style with an octagonal corner clock turret, it is a Grade II* listed building. It is most notable for its ceiling decoration by Morris & Co.[4][5]
Barkerend has a post office, the Karmand Community Centre, and a supermarket. The Karmand Community Centre offers advice, education, training and recreational activities to the local community.
There are a number of mosques in Barkerend including one which was once the Hippodrome Picturehouse and Roxy.
The imposing former Hanson Grammar School* on Barkerend Road were later to be occupied by Carlton Bolling School,[6] and Pollard Park Middle School. These buildings are now the Byron Halls luxury flats.
The historic Cock and Bottle* pub
Church of St. Mary and Presbytery*
The former Barkerend pub
Barkerend Road Mosque
Byron Halls* - Luxury flats
St. Clement's Church*
The Karmand Community Centre
Sport
- Myra Shay sports ground, opened in 2006, which has three football pitches, two five-a-side football pitches, a cricket pitch, kabaddi court, changing facilities and a play area.[7]
Myra Shay takes its name from a manor house that used to occupy the area.[8]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Barkerend) |
References
- ↑ "Pollard Park in 1977". Telegraph and Argus. Bradford. 27 November 2008. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/tahistory/nostalgia_air/3932460.Pollard_Park_in_1977/.
- ↑ Allen, Chris (9 April 2008). "Barkerend Mills". Geograph. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/757546.
- ↑ Sutton, Colin (1980). "Bradford - Hippodrome/Roxy". Bradford Timeline. http://www.bradfordtimeline.co.uk/ladyke.htm#hipporoxy.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1184649: Church of St Clement (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Meneaud, Marc (18 February 2010). "Heritage grant will help maintain Bradford places of worship". Telegraph and Argus. Bradford. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/5013796.Cash_boost_for_historic_church/.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1389476: Carlton-Bolling School (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "New Recreation Grounds". Bradford Parks & Landscape Service. 2016. http://www.bradforddistrictparks.org/sites/newgrounds.php.
- ↑ Priestley, Mike (3 June 2006). "An unusual Barkerend house and rumours of a tunnel". Telegraph and Argus. http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/tahistory/featuresnostalgiapasttimes/782011.An_unusual_Barkerend_house_and_rumours__of_a_tunnel/.
