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  Bradford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, in the county of West Yorkshire in the north of England.
Bradford is the birthplace of rock bands Terrorvision and The Mission; techno outfit Unique 3, an important part of the Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass scene of the early 1990s; and Asian hip hop group Fun-Da-Mental.
Bradford Interchange: a station was opened by the joint efforts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway on 9 May 1850, although the station was rebuilt nearer the city centre in 1867, as Bradford Exchange.
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 William Bradford
William Bradford was born in 1590 in the Yorkshire farming community of Austerfield, England.
Bradford, now 30 years old and married with a young son, was in the thick of the planning.
William Bradford was now shouldering many administrative responsibilities : record-keeping, correspondence with financial backers and negotiation for a patent to give legal permission for a settlement, and a swarm of details connected with what he called "the weighty voyage." With an instinct for the beckoning future, he carefully preserved many notes and documents.
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 Bradford
Welcome to Bradford, an industrial city on the edge of the moors of the Britain's West Yorkshire Pennines and in the heart of Bronte Country - where the Bronte sisters were born and lived and wrote their classic novels.
Bradford is also famous as the location of the UK's National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, the Industrial Museum, the Colour Museum (run by the Society of Dyers and Colourists), Bolling Hall, the Alhambra theatre, and the Priestley Centre for the Arts.
Bradford is also famous for its numerous and nationally renowned curry houses - where some of the country's finest Anglo-Asian cuisine can be savoured in a variety of establishments ranging from small cafes and take-aways to large restaurants.
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 Bradford, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bradford is the major settlement in the City ofBradford, in the north of England in the county of West Yorkshire.
Bradford was the birthplace of the writers J.
Bradford is the home of the very successful Rugby League side Bradford Bulls and the lesssuccessful football club Bradford City.
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 Diocese of Bradford, England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A diocese in the Church of England Province of York covering the extreme west of Yorkshire.
The see is in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter.
The diocese was created in 1920 under King George V from part of the Diocese of Ripon.
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 Bradford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In the Middle Ages Bradford became an important centre for the woollen and textile trades.
From 1774 Bradford was connected to the canal from Leeds to Liverpool.
Titus Salt, who owned five textile mills in Bradford, was one of the few employers in the town who showed any concern for this problem.
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 Bradford Hotels | Hotel Accommodation in Bradford England
Novotel Bradford is a light and airy hotel with a stylish décor and is conveniently located within a short distance of both Leeds and Bradford city centres, 10 miles from Leeds Bradford International Airport and ideally placed for exploring the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.
Bradford Inn; 3 Star; The Best Western Bradford Inn; a 112-room modern hotel; is your perfect "home base" for visiting the Allegheny National Forest and it's many attractions.
It is the pride of Bradford, with an imposing facade overlooking an attractive leafy square.
www.fine-hotels.co.uk /hotels/england/bradford   (770 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Bradford, city, England (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Bradford has an important wool exchange, along with the making of other fabrics (including synthetics).
The city of Bradford is home to a large number of Britain's Pakistani population.
The Univ. of Bradford, Bradford Technical College, Bradford Regional College of Art, and Margaret McMillan Memorial College of Education are there.
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 ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Bradford's battlers are not missing absent duo
Bradford manager Jim Jefferies was careful not to name names but one could guarantee that the toast in the West Yorkshire camp was not to absent friends.
Sunderland, whose last home defeat was to Bradford more than nine months ago, still lack the creative edge needed to engineer a goal against teams who pack their defence.
After the draws with Bradford and Crystal Palace, that game promises to be a defining point in their season.
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 Bradford City F C   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
IT was Bradford City again for Blyth Town Ladies, in the league this time, after knocking them out o...
Bradford City LFC 6, Buxton Ladies FC 1 BUXTON Ladies crashed out of the FA Cup at the first hurd...
Bradford City Football Club are an association football team based at the Bradford and Bingley Stadium (formerly known as Valley Parade) in Bradford, England.
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 Bradford, England, UK, Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bradford is in West Yorkshire, about two-thirds of the way up England and more or less half-way between the East and West coasts.
Bradford is well served in this respect with five cinemas, four theatres, three museums and a handful of galleries.
Bradford is also home to the largest cinema screen in Britain -- the IMAX cinema situated within the Museum of Photography, Film and Television.
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 Bradford, William on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
He added a bookstore in 1688 and was in 1690 one of the founders of the first paper mill in the colonies.
He was arrested for printing a pamphlet critical of the Quaker government; his trial, at which no verdict was reached, was probably the first in the United States involving freedom of the press.
Bradford moved (c.1693) to New York City where he became royal printer and issued some 400 items in the next 50 years, including the first American Book of Common Prayer (1710), some of the earliest of American almanacs and many pamphlets and political writings.
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 Genealogy
William Bradford (1589/90-1657) was the well-known Seperatist who was an organizer of the seperatists (later known as Pilgrims, who sailed to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620.
It is quite possible that William was first attracted to Dorothy May in England when she was at the tender age of 11 in about 1607, shortly before he arrived in Holland in 1609, but was not married to her until Nov. 9, 1613, in Holland, when she was 16.
William Bradford, along with his seperatist companions, successfully emigrated to Amsderdam in 1609, and subsequently moved their community to Leyden (now Leiden), where they established a Church under the pastorate of John Robinson, and shared ideas with other religious reformers who had been proscribed from practicing in England or elsewhere in Europe.
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 Bradford Yorkshire England - Great Web Sites about the Wonderful Country of England!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bradford, city, in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, northern England.
William13 Bradford {Govenor} was born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England 19 March 1589.
Yorkshire is a "county" of England, in fact it is the largest county by area...
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 Boston.com / News / Local / R.I. / Bradford Soap Co. closes for good
About 250 employees of the Bradford Soap Co. received layoff notices Thursday, as the manufacturer closed its longtime plant in this mill town.
Bradford was founded in 1876 by two men from Bradford, England, and is the world's largest manufacturer of specialty soaps.
LeGraw said Bradford pays its workers about $13 per hour, plus benefits -- a salary he said is higher than the average rate in the United States for the type of work performed.
www.boston.com /news/local/rhode_island/articles/2004/04/08/bradford_soap_co_closes_for_good   (340 words)

  
 Bradford Englan - BigWalk.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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 William Bradford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
As a boy in England, he was caught up in the fervour of the Protestant Reformation and
Bradford is remembered mainly for his contribution in nurturing the fledgling colony's democratic
Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-47 is a unique source of intimate detail
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 Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Wiltshire: Bradford-on-Avon
Bradford on Avon Christian Fellowship  · cached · Information about the beliefs, events and youth group of a family based, evangelical church.
Bradford on Avon Town Council  · cached · Tourist links, sights, transport and a directory of local clubs and businesses.
Bradford on Avon Amateur Swimming Club  · cached · Caters for learners and competitive swimmers.
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 Series of EmergencyNet News Reports Concerning Racially-Motivated Civil Unrest in Bradford, England: 07 July 2001 to 08 ...
Bradford, England (EmergencyNet News) -- British police were out in force tonight in Bradford as they try to stem further civil unrest.
In what was called some of the worst rioting in England for many years, 120 police officers were injured and 36 people were arrested during several hours of running street battles between riot police and about 1,000 mainly Asian youths.
Bradford, England (EmergencyNet News) -- More than eight hours of major disturbances have struck the city center and largely Asian Manningham area of Bradford tonight.
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 Bradford Hotels - Hotel in Bradford - accommodation and places to stay near Bradford England
Whether you are looking for a luxury hotel in Bradford for a weekend break, business trip, or special occassion, or are simply looking for budget or discount hotels and accommodation for Bradford or lodging in Bradford, we are confident that you'll find a suitable place to stay in Bradford.
Some of our Bradford guesthouse and bed & breakfast suppliers can be contacted via email or where a link to the hotel is available, directly from their websites, some may offer discounts and special internet rates.
Or, to view a list of Cheap priced or low cost Hotels in Bradford please use the preceding 'Low Cost Hotels in Bradford' link where you will find that the hotels are categorised in order of price.
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 Bradford Robotic Telescope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Bradford Robotic Telescope has now been completely rebuilt and is operating in a new dome at the Observatorio del Teide 8,000 feet up on the Island of Tenerife.
The new telescope has been designed as a completely free robotic system to support the understanding of astronomy by school students and the general public.
Bradford Robotic Telescope - © 2005 University Of Bradford
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 Old Fever Hospital Bradford England - Great Web Sites about the Wonderful Country of England!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bradford, T. Two old pensioners in uniform sitting in the chapel of Chelsea Hospital, a soldiers' home in England.
Bradford and Edward Winslow, from the ninth of November, 1620, the day on which they caught their first glimpse of American land, until the return to England...
De Soto died of fever, and was buried in the...
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 BBC - England Webcams - Bradford city centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It became an important centre for the textile industry in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Today most of the older textile mills and some of the heavier industries have closed, but Bradford remains one of the north's important cities.
David Hockney was born in Bradford and retains strong links with the city.
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 Bradford Health, health & beauty links in Bradford England.
Bradford Health, health & beauty links in Bradford England.
Includes the virtual branch libraries, which cover subjects such as cancer, child health, communicable diseases, diabetes, diagnostics, heart disease, informatics, learning disabilities, management, mental health, primary care, public health, rare diseases and screening.
Get your Bradford beauty and health business noticed with an Enhanced Listing - buy a link from btlinks and benefit from the power of this website.
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 Bradford Yorkshire Northern England, Hotels and travel information
In the 1800s Bradford earned itself the title of the wool capital of the world, and was responsible for around two thirds of the country’s wool.
In addition, Bradford has much in the way of scenic surrounding countryside to explore that is ideal rambling, mountain biking and rock climbing.
For example, to the north lies the famous Ilkley Moor and to the west is Haworth, otherwise known as Bronte Country.
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 William Bradford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
After the death of John Carver in April 1621, Bradford was elected governor of the Plymouth Colony, and continued in that capacity nearly all his life.
William Bradford wrote Of Plymouth Plantation, chronicling the history of the Plymouth Colony, and the events that led up to their leaving England for Holland, and later to New England.
William Bradford also wrote part of Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, and he recorded some of the important letters he wrote and received in a letterbook which still partially exists.
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 Bradford & District - Bradford news, Bradford sport, Bradford info from the Telegraph & Argus.
Bradford and District - Bradford news, Bradford sport, Bradford info from the Telegraph and Argus.
A Bradford businessman wept as he stepped inside a hospital seething with people injured in the South Asian earthquake.
Bradford Chamber of Commerce has made a direct appeal to Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett to tackle the pensions "crisis" by simplifying the system for private pensions.
www.thisisbradford.co.uk   (216 words)

  
 Bradford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan...
William Bradford was born in 1590 in the Yorkshire farming community of Austerfield,...
Bradford Morrow will be reading in Denver and Boulder on June 26th and 27th.
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 Bradford, England, UK, Earth (Part 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
There are those who say that Bradford is the last place God made, and I would like to distance myself from such radicals immediately.
Bradford's contribution to British culture is somewhat nil - they have produced no Dickens, no Shakespeare.
Indeed, the only famous son of Bradford I can find is a certain J. Priestley - a previously obscure writer who, I believe, was propelled into the limelight when his nephew, Elvis, shot to fame in the States.
www.galactic-guide.com /articles/2R174.html   (525 words)

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