| 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | HOME |
| Architecture | 13 Piece Hall Yard [c 1840-50] Peel Park purchased as public park Drake Street (Exchange) Station (9/5) - see 1867 (Flickr) Fleece Inn, Eldwick (Dick Hudson landlord until 1890) |
Wyke Station - 1st (7/8) {1896} Fields Printers New Workhouse foundation stone (13/8) |
| Events | Bradford Improvement Act Bradford Temperance Society founded Second directory issued |
Mayor - William Rand Train service from Bradford to Halifax Bradford Sunday School Union formed (21/2) |
| National | Public Library Act Lord Tennyson poet laureate Robert Louis Stevenson born (13/11) |
Sir Robert Peel died (2/7) William Wordsworth died (23/4) Re-establishment of the Roman Catholic hierarchy |
| International | USA - Millard Fillmore | |
| Firsts | Meteorological Office Bunsen burner - Robert Wilhelm Von Bunsen |
Synthetic oil - James "Paraffin" Young |
| Arts/Media | David Copperfield - Charles Dickens | |
| Products/Words | Aircraft, Communist |
1851
| Architecture | Queensgate St Georges Hall foundation stone (22/9) Rose Mount, Manningham - for John Douglas Zetland Mills, Canal Road |
Peel Square, Lumb Lane Thornton Chapel rebuilt Primitive Methodist Chapel, Harecroft |
| Events | Population 103,778 153 mills(firms) in Bradford Bingley Building Society formed Bradford Building Society formed Bradford Chamber of Commerce founded |
Mayor - Samuel Smith Wilsden population 3,454 Great Wilsden flood Undercliffe cemetery purchased Woods Music store founded |
| National | Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London | Marble Arch re-erected Hyde Park |
| International | Gold discovered in Australia | |
| Firsts | Telegraph cable laid across the English Channel Sewing machine - Isaac Singer |
Envelope making machine - De la Rue Telescope patented - Alvan Clark |
| Arts/Media | New York Times - newspaper (18/9) Moby Dick - Herman Melville |
Reuters news agency |
| Products |
1852
| Architecture | Workhouse Infirmary (St Lukes Hospital) Buttershaw Mill, Halifax Road Sion Baptist Chapel, Leeds Road Peel Park Hotel, Otley Road (Google street view) |
Greenfield Chapel, Lumb Lane St Patrick's Church, Westgate Hallfield Road |
| Events | Alpaca manufactured by Titus Salt Bradford Cemetery Company founded |
Mayor - Samuel Smith |
| National | PM - Earl of Derby - Tory {1852} PM - Earl of Aberdeen - Peelite {1855} |
Duke of Wellington died (14/9) Last duel fought in England |
| International | ||
| Firsts | Public flushing toilet - London Victoria and Albert Museum, London Kings Cross Station, London Screw top bottles |
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London Elevator/Lift - Elisha Otis Patent Office, London |
| Arts/Media | Uncle Toms Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe | Roget's Thesaurus - Peter Roget |
| Products |
1853
| Architecture | St George's Hall (31/8) Milligan & Forbes Warehouse (Telegraph & Argus), Hall Ings (Flickr) Salts Mill , Saltaire (26/9) St Patrick's Catholic Church opened (13/7) |
Richmond Terrace St Andrew's Church, Listerhills 356 Kensington Street [JW=Jonathan Wright] |
| Events | Bolton Woods Quarry - J&T Dawson Building byelaws Work commenced on Saltaire village Shipley Local Board elected (31/3) |
Mayor - Samuel Smith Last market held in Old Piece Hall (28/7) Halifax Building Society formed |
| National | Compulsory Vaccination Act Abolition of Soap Tax |
Troy Ounce measure legalised |
| International | USA - Franklin Pierce | Victoria Falls discovered by David Livingstone |
| Firsts | Aquascutum Potato Crisps |
Aspirin (CF Gerhardt) Elizabeth Bloomer wore trousers |
| Arts/Media | Bleak House - Charles Dickens La Traviata - G Verdi |
Craven Herald - Skipton |
| Products |
1854
| Architecture | Bradford Library, Darley Street Undercliffe Cemetery (25/8) Eccleshill Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Saltaire Village - first phase of building completed "Ragged School", Cropper Lane (24/3) |
Adolphous Street Station (1/8) {1867} Bowling Station (1/8) {{1895} Laisterdyke Station (1/8) {1966} Works Dining Room, Victoria Road, Saltaire 203 Westgate |
| Events | Mayoral Chain presented Corporation Waterworks Act Charles Dickens at St George's Hall (28/12) (Flickr) Bradford Moor golf course damaged by suffragettes Map of Bradford (Flickr) |
Mayor - William Murgatroyd Bradford Times (18/2) Bradford Chronicle (1/7) Rev Jonathan Glyde died (9/12) Leeds - Bradford (Adolphous St) railway |
| National | Abolition of soap tax | |
| International | Crimean War started {1856} Siege of Sebastopol |
Charge of the Light Brigade Republican party (USA) founded |
| Firsts | Cigarettes introduced into Britain Elevator installed - Elisha Otis |
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Railway timetable produced in Manchester (25/10) |
| Arts/Media | Hard Times - Charles Dickens | Le Figaro - newspaper |
| Products |
1855
| Architecture | 47 Well Street [LG] Sir Robert Peel statue (6/11) |
Beckett's Bank, Cheapside |
| Events | Waterworks purchased by Council (1/10) Charlotte Bronte died (31/3) (Flickr) Matthew Hughes awarded the Victoria Cross |
Mayor - Henry Brown Bradford Advertiser {1890} |
| National | PM - Viscount Palmerstone - Lib {1858} Banks Act |
Lord Raglan killed (28/6) |
| International | Siege of Sebastopol ends (9/9) Victoria Falls discovered - Dr Livingstone |
Alexandra II - Tsar of Russia |
| Firsts | Mansfield Brewery Balmoral Castle |
Trade Mark - Bass Pale Ale Celluloid patented - Alexander Parkes |
| Arts/Media | Daily Telegraph (29/6) |
Song of Hiawatha - HW Longfellow Westward Ho! - Charles Kingsley |
| Products | Miller beer, Milwaukee, USA |
1856
| Architecture | Pickwick House, 17 Peckover Street [LG] Saltaire station (?/5) {1965} Thackley Chapel |
Dudley Hill station (20/8) {1875} Birkenshaw station (20/8) {1953} Drighlington station (2/8) {1962} |
| Events | Bradford Festival Choral Society formed Bradford High School |
Mayor - Henry Brown |
| National |
Victoria Cross introduced (Flickr) |
Anglo - Chinese War {1858} Crimean War ended (30/3) |
| International | ||
| Firsts | Turkish Baths in UK - Manchester |
Thomas Cook leads travel tour to Europe |
| Arts/Media | Tom Brown's Schooldays - Thomas Hughes | |
| Products |
1857
| Architecture | 6 Currer Street [LG] Saltaire - second phase of building completed Bradford Female Educational Institute (16/11) (Flickr) |
St Paul's Church {cinema 1911} St Mark's Church, Low Moor (11/3) |
| Events | Tradesmen's Benevolent Society established Burial Board appointed Bradford/Wakefield/Leeds railway (3/10) Two Russian guns presented to Peel Park (16/6) |
Mayor - Henry Brown Eye & Ear Institution, Brunswick Place cv 1865 (Flickr) Dr Livingstone at St George's Hall (24/11) (Flickr) 48 collieries in Bradford area - 976,000 tons |
| National | Prince Albert became Prince Consort | |
| International | USA - James Buchanan | Indian Mutiny started |
| Firsts | Great Eastern (Brunel) launched Victoria Cross awarded (26/6) (Flickr) |
Transatlantic telegraph cable Toilet paper (Joseph Cayetty) |
| Arts/Media | Little Dorritt - Charles Dickens | Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope |
| Products |
1858
| Architecture | Bradford Banking Company (BBBS),
Kirkgate St Judes Street, Lumb Lane Leeds Road Public Baths incl Turkish |
19 Peckover Street [LG] {1979} Bolton Hotel, Bolton Road |
| Events | Bradford Review (16/1) "Lozenge Poisoning" Public analyst appointed [Rimmington] Tomothy Taylor brewery, Keighley |
Mayor - Henry Brown Leeds - Town Hall William Napier awarded the Victoria Cross Broomfields "Ragged" school opened (9/8) |
| National | PM - Earl of Derby - Con {1858} PM - Viscount Palmerstone - Lib {1865} Covent Garden Opera House |
Local Government Act Robert Stephenson died (12/10) |
| International | Lord Canning 1st Viceroy of India East India Company dissolved Minnesota becomes US state |
Lake Victoria discovered Lake Tanganyika discovered |
| Firsts | Covent Garden opera house Hall Orchestra (30/1) Pencil with eraser on end patented - Hyman Lipman Fingerprints used for identification - William Herschel (28/7) |
Great Eastern (Brunel) launched (31/1) Alhambra Theatre, Leicester Square {?} Electric burglar alarm, Boston |
| Arts/Media | ||
| Products |
1859
| Architecture | 53/55 Leeds Road [LG] 4 Currer Street [LG] {1990} |
Atomik House, 4 Burnett Street [LG] Carlisle Road Chapel Saltaire Congregational Church (15/4) |
| Events | Sir Titus Salt - MP (to 1861) Yorkshire Penny Bank founded Storm and flooding (6/6) (Flickr) W&J Whitehead, Laisterdyke founded |
Mayor - Isaac Wright School of Design opened - John Ruskin (1/3) Building byelaws revised John Bright expounded his Reform Bill at St Georges Hall (12/1) |
| National | Isambard Kingdom Brunel died (15/9) | |
| International | Billy the Kid born Oregon becomes US state |
John Brown - raid on Harpers Ferry (16/10) John Brown hanged (2/12) |
| Firsts | Big Ben into service - Houses of Parliament (31/5) | Cruft's Dog Show - held in Newcastle |
| Arts/Media |
On the Origin of Species - Charles Darwin (24/11)
(Flickr) Adam Bede - George Eliot |
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens Faust - CF Gounod |
| Products/Words | Acid rain |
1860
| Architecture | 72 Vicar Lane [LG] 5 Burnett Street [LG] 40 Chapel Street [LG] Grove House, Bolton - for Atkinson Jowett |
Scholemoor Cemetery St Philip's Church, Girlington (14/2) St Stephen's Church, Bowling West End Farmhouse, Allerton Lane [c] Allerton Warehouse, Allerton Road (262-264) |
| Events | Greenwoods men's shop Bradford Industrial Co-op Society Severe storm - widespread damage (21/1) |
Mayor - Isaac Wright Halifax - Town Hall Bradford Political Union inaugurated (6/5) |
| National | Nurses Training
School - Florence
Nightingale Professional Nursing Career Training begins at St Thomas' Hospital, London |
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| International | Pony Express founded (3/4) | |
| Firsts | Electric lamp (Swan) Martini Cocktail (Martini a New York barman) British Open Golf championship (17/10) |
Petroleum from USA to London HMS Warrior - ironclad warship Petroleum from USA to London |
| Arts/Media | The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot | |
| Products |
1861
(Flickr)
| Architecture | 8 Currer Street [LG] Drummonds, Lumb Lane Mills Oakroyd Dyeworks, City Road |
Constance & Shirley Streets, Saltaire St Thomas's Church, Wigan Street St Mary's Church, Laisterdyke (13/3) |
| Events | Population 106,218 WE Forster MP (to 1886) Richard Oastler died (22/8) [Flickr] Bradford Post Office savings bank opened (9/12) |
Mayor - Isaac Wright Wilsden population 2,888 Sir Titus Salt retired Map of Bradford (Flickr) |
| National | Post Office Savings Bank Paper Duties repealed |
Prince Albert died (14/12) |
| International | USA - Abraham Lincoln Kansa becomes US state |
American Civil War
(12/4) {1865} [Flickr] |
| Firsts | Christmas Crackers Paris Opera House |
"Package holiday" to Paris - Thomas Cook "Bone shaker" bicycle - Pierre & Ernst Michaux |
| Arts/Media | Great Expectations - Charles Dickens | Silas Marner - George Eliot |
| Products |
1862
| Architecture
|
County Court, 27 Manor Row (3/1) Victor House, 10 Currer Street [LG] 53/55 Leeds Road [LG] Wacorn House, 8 Burnett Street [LG] 13 Currer Street [LG] Horton Lane Congregational Church Hallfield Chapel foundation stone (26/6) |
Glyde House (as a school) St Luke's Church, Broomfield (27/6) RAOB Club, Lumb Lane High School, Hallfield Road Cater Buildings, Cater Street [LG] |
| Events | Frederick Delius born (29/1) County Court House opened (2/1) Keighley News |
Mayor - Mathew Thompson Bradford District Banking Company founded (6/11) |
| National | Cotton famine in Lancashire | Notts County FC formed - oldest in the league |
| International | Source of the Nile discovered | Samuel Colt [gunsmith] died (10/1) |
| Firsts | Land Registry Traffic Island (Liverpool) |
Machine gun patented Lambeth Bridge, London |
| Arts/Media | Les Miserables - Victor Hugo | |
| Products | Bacardi Rum, Cuba |
1863
| Architecture | Peel Park (7/11) 30 Well Street [LG] {19??} Wash & Bath House, Saltaire {1894} Peel Park Drinking Fountain |
St Michael's Church, Windhill Street Hallfield Baptist Chapel, Darfield Street {?} St Walburga's Church, Shipley Horton Lane Congregational Church, Little Horton Lane {1956} |
| Events | Jones's Mercantile Directory -
introduction Leeds - Corn Exchange Bradford Rugby Club |
Mayor - Joseph Farrar Bew ward presented to BRI by Dr Godwin |
| National | Fenian Society founded in Ireland William Makepeace Thackeray died (24/12) |
Stoke City FC formed London Underground - Metropolitan Railway |
| International | West Virginia becomes US state Kit Carson (American frontiersman) died (23/5) |
Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln (19/11) |
| Firsts | Linoleum patented (F Walton) Broadmoor Prison (27/5) London Underground (10/1) |
English Football Association founded Carbolic used - Joseph Lister [or 1867] Vacant/Engaged sign for toilet door patented (17/2) |
| Arts/Media | The Water Babies - Charles Kingsley | |
| Products |
1864
| Architecture | Alexandra Theater/Theatre Royal (26/12) {1974} 45 Well Street [LG] Wool Exchange foundation stone (9/8) Mechanics Institute/Library, Bingley (14/11) Oakwood, Bingley - for Thomas Garnett Bradford Infirmary, Westgate extended (Flickr) |
All Saints Church, Little Horton St Barnabas Church, Heaton Windhill Chapel Heaton Mount, Frizinghall Holy Trinity Church, Leeds Road |
| Events | Population 118,098 Armley Prison - First execution (10/9) Huddersfield Equitable Building Society formed Leeds granted Assizes - travelling High Court (24/1) |
Mayor - Charles Semon Horsedrawn bus service (22/12) Bradford Philosophical Society established (23/12) Pullan's Music Hall, Westgate (24/12) qv 1869 |
| National | Nevada becomes US state | |
| International | Ionian Islands (Corfu) became part of Greece | Geneva Convention |
| Firsts | Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol (8/12) Torpedo - Robert Whitehead |
International Red Cross Pasteurisation (wine) - Louis Pasteur |
| Arts/Media | Journey to the Centre of the Earth- Jules Verne | War and Peace - Tolstoy |
| Products |
1865
| Architecture | Whetley Mills, Thornton Road Eye & Ear Hospital, Hallfield Road cv 1857 {1948} Thornton Road baths (22/7) Shipley Baptist Church Cottingley Town Hall |
Burley-in-Wharfedale station (1/8) Ilkley Station (1/8) Greenhill Chapel rebuilt Cragg Royd, Apperley Bridge - for Nathaniel Briggs Blenheim Terrace, Manningham |
| Events | Otley & Ilkley Railway Richard Cobden died Bradford Times {1883} |
Mayor - John Godwin Leeds - City Varieties "Back to Back" housing banned (reversed in 1870) |
| National | PM - Earl Russell - Lib {1866} Red Flag Act - imposed speed limit for cars Rudyard Kipling born (30/12) |
Viscount Palmerstone died (18/10) Nottingham Forest FC formed |
| International | USA - Abraham Lincoln (died in office) USA - Andrew Johnson Abraham Lincoln assassinated (15/4) Sibelius born (8/12) |
American Civil War ended (26/5) Slavery abolished in USA Matterhorn climbed |
| Firsts | Salvation Army -William Booth MIT (USA) Dishwasher International Morse Code standardised - qv 1848 (Wikipedia) |
Stanley Gibbons monthly price list Carpet sweeper Capitol Building, Washington DC |
| Arts/Media | Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll From the Earth to the Moon- Jules Verne |
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens |
| Products/Words | Commuter |
1866
| Architecture | York House, Manor Row (Bradford Club)
[c] Alston Works, Thornton Road - Isaac Holden Bank Top Mills, Beacon Road |
Albion Mill, Wilsden rebuilt Ben Rhydding Station (1/7) Allerton Chapel rebuilt |
| Events | Bradford Corporation Act Market rights acquired from Rawson's (lord of the Manor) Flood (16/11) 46 collieries in area - 1.9 million tons Shearbridge Mills damaged by fire (10/7) |
Mayor - William Broyshaw Uriah Woodhead, Canal Road West Yorks Building Society (Dewsbury) formed |
| National | PM - Earl of Derby - Con {1868} Isle of Man gains home rule Last cholera epidemic "Black Friday" - financial crisis |
Beatrix Potter born (28/7) HG Wells born (21/9) Ramsay MacDonald born (26/10) Crystal Palace, London fire (30/12) |
| International | Jamaica becomes British colony | |
| Firsts | Royal Aeronautical Society (12/1) Plastic Dr Barnardo's Home - Stepney [or 1867] |
Dynamite - Alfred Nobel Brighton Pier {closed 1975} Transatlantic Telephone Cable (27/7) |
| Arts/Media | Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky | The Bartered Bride - Friedrich Smetana |
| Products | Cadbury's Cocoa Essence |
1867
| Architecture | Great Northern (Victoria) Hotel, Bridge
Street Wool Exchange (13/3) BDA/Pennine House, 39 Well Street [LG] Priestley's Warehouse, 66 Vicar Lane [LG] Components House, 1 Burnett Street [LG] Clarendon Academy, Bowland Street Longwood, Bingley - for W M Selwyn |
Godwin Street developed Haworth station (13/4) {1962} Oakworth station (13/4) {1962} Oxenhope station (13/4) {1962} St Michaels & All Angels Church, City Road Greengates Chapel |
| Events | Bradford Canal closed (temporary) Steam powered fire engine Exchange building became Post Office Thomas Obank & Sons, Thackley founded Drake Street station renamed Exchange (7/1) Leeds - Bradford railway terminated at Exchange Station (1/7) |
Mayor - James Law Decision taken to build a Town Hall (2/1) Bingley Agricultural Show (28/8) "Wrose Elm" planted {2000} Adolphus Street station closed to passenger traffic(6/1) |
| National | Second Reform Act Electorate doubled to over two million |
Fenian attacks in London Sheffield Wednesday FC formed Chesterfield FC formed |
| International | Dominion of Canada created (1/7) Russia sells Alaska to USA |
Paris Exhibition Nebraska becomes US state |
| Firsts | Queensbury Rules - boxing Dr Barnardo's Homes - Stepney [or 1866] Carbolic used - Joseph Lister [or 1863] |
Dynamite patented - Alfred Nobel Air brake for railways - George Westinghouse |
| Arts/Media | Das Kapital - Karl Marx Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss Peer Gynt - H Ibsen |
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott Don Carlos - Verdi |
1868
| Architecture | Bradford Commercial Bank (Nat West), Hustlergate Blind Institute, North Parade Albion House, 64 Vicar Lane [LG] Mechanics Institute, Eccleshill (cinema 1911) Manningham station (17/2) {1965} Richard Oastler statue (15/5) Chapel Lane Unitarian Chapel {197?} Ilkley College St Joseph's School Chapel Congregational School - 586a Great Horton Road |
Almshouses, Victoria Road, Saltaire (23/9) Salts Hospital, Saltaire {closed 1979} Saltaire Methodist Church {1970} New Mill, Saltaire Gordon Terrace, Saltaire [part] Saltaire Elementary school [Shipley College annexe] St Joseph's Church, Grafton Street Oakwell, Manningham - for ? Moravian Church, Baildon Tradesmen's Homes, Heaton Road (Flickr) |
| Events | Decision made to provide public parks Bradford Observer becomes a daily newspaper (5/10) (Flickr) |
Mayor - Edward West Bradford Daily Telegraph (16/7) |
| National | PM - Benjamin Disraeli - Con {1868} PM - WE Gladstone - Lib {1874} Trades Union Council founded |
Last public execution Last convicts to Australia London Underground - Metropolitan Line extended to Westminster |
| International | ||
| Firsts | Press Association Tape measure patented - Alvin J Fellows (14/7) |
Traffic lights - London |
| Arts/Media | Whitakers Almanac A German Requiem - J Brahms The Idiot - Fiodor Dostoevsky |
The Moonstone - W Collins Piano Concerto in A Minor - Edward Grieg |
| Products |
1869
| Architecture | 62 Leeds Road [LG] Gordon Terrace, Saltaire [part] |
Unitarian Chapel {1969} Ling Bob Mills, Wilsden |
| Events | Building Trades Technical School, Godwin Street Election riots Pullan's Music Hall, Brunswick Place opened (25/10) qv 1864 Green Cliff Stone Quarry opened |
Mayor - Mark Dawson Town Hall design agreed (6/10) Bradford Weekly Telegraph (31/7) |
| National | Disestablishment Act (Irish Church) | Post Office given telegraph monopoly |
| International | USA - Ulysses S Grant | Union Pacific railway (USA) opened |
| Architecture & Firsts |
Strangeways
Prison, Manchester (Wikipedia) Blackfriars Bridge, London (Wikipedia) Booths Theatre, New York (Wikipedia) Suez Canal (17/11) (Wikipedia) Cutty Sark launched (22/11) (Wikipedia) |
Celluloid (first plastic) - John Wesley Hyatt Chewing gum patented DNA discovered - Johann Frederick Miescher Margarine - H Mege-Mouries |
| Arts/Media | The Rhinegold - Richard Wagner (Opera) The Little Brown Jug - Eastborn Winner (Song) |
Lorna Doone - R.D. Blackmore (Book) War & Peace - Leo Tolstoy (Book) |
| Products |
1870
| Architecture | Lister Park purchased by Corporation
(27/10) Town Hall foundation stone (10/8) [Flickr] Mechanics Institute foundation stone (10/8) Brown, Muff & Co Ltd, Market Street Manor Hall demolished |
St Barnabas School Girlington Chapel St James Church, Thornton Bowling Church School |
| Events | SC Lister sold Manningham Hall (27/10) Bradford School Board elected Rosse Hotel, Saltaire - granted a licence Dr Burnett - Vicar of Bradford died (8/3) |
Mayor - Mark Dawson Typhoid scare Observer Budget (7/8) Photographing of prisoners became compulsory (3/11) |
| National | Education Act - primary education compulsory Bankruptcy Act - abolished imprisonment for debt Irish Land Act |
Postcard and 1/2d stamp (1/10) Charles Dickens died (9/6) Review of Old and New Testaments |
| International | French Revolution Alexander Dumas died |
Franco Prussian War Vatican declares papal infallibility |
| Firsts | Red Cross Society Americas Cup - yacht race Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue Instititute of Accountants founded "Tower Subway" - Tunnel under the Thames |
Jelly Babies Blackfriars Bridge, London Stanley Gibbons stamp album Dynamo - Zenobe T Gramme |
| Arts/Media | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea- Jules Verne Coppelia - Clement Delibes Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickes |
The Mysterious Island- Jules Verne Die Walkure - Richard Wagner |
| Products | Amstel beer, Holland |
1871
(Flickr)
| Architecture |
Mechanics Institute (2/10) {1973/4} Thorpe Buildings (TSB), Tyrell Street - see 1876 Bradford Fever Hospital, Leeds Road History & Scientific Institute, 8 Piccadilly De Vere House, 62 Vicar Lane [LG] 38 Chapel Street [LG] 46 Peckover Street [LG] St James Meat Market & Abattoir (1/1) Midland Mills, Valley Road Mechanics Institute, Thornton (cinema 1912) Lister Park opened (28/10) |
St Thomas's School, Wigan Street Bowling Back Lane Board school Bradford Post Office Savings bank (9/12) 6 Ireland Bridge, Bingley Prospect, Bowling Chapel Wyke Chapel Idle Chapel rebuilt St Peter's Church, Laisterdyke Provincial Building Society, Market Street {196?} Saltaire Institute [Victoria Hall] (?/6) Free Libraries Act adopted (15/3) |
| Events | Population 147,101 Council purchased Gas Company (11/7) First Chief Librarian appointed - Mr Virgo (11/10) Manningham Mills destroyed by fire - two died (25/2) (Flickr) WN Sharpe Ltd formed Telegraph offices moved to Bridge Street/New Ivegate (31/7) Map of Bradford (Flickr) |
Mayor - Mathew Thompson Wilsden population 3,127 Bradford Orphan Girls' Home (13/4) Bradford Evening Mail (18/9) {1875} Second Canal Company formed Roberts Park, Saltaire opened (25/7) Map of Bradford city centre (Flickr) |
| National | Bank Holiday Act Reading FC formed |
Trade Unions legally recognised Royal Albert Hall (29/3) (Flickr) |
| International | Stanley met Livingstone at Ujiji (10/11) | British Colombia became part of Canada |
| Firsts | Rugby Football Union founded Cable car patented (17/1) |
Whit Monday - Bank Holiday (29/5) Jehovaha's Witnesses founded |
| Arts/Media | Encyclopaedia Britannica Aida - Verdi |
Descent of Man - Charles Darwin |
| Products |
1872
| Architecture | Kirkgate Market (31/10) {1973}- see 1878 Frizinghall Chapel Midland Bank, Market Street |
St Bartholomew's Church, Bowling Bradford Grammar School, Manor Row {1987} |
| Events | Reference library opened in Tyrell Street "Browne" system devised by Charles Virgo Powers Bookstall Skipley, Idle and Eccleshill railway opened (8/3) |
Mayor - Mathew Thompson Bradford Canal re-opened Bradford Daily Chronicle (1/10) {1883} |
| National | Ballot Act - secret ballot compulsory | |
| International | Samuel Morse died | Marie Celeste found adrift in Atlantic (5/12) |
| Sport | FA - Wanderers (Royal Engineers) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Albert Memorial (1/7) "Browne" system for issuing library books |
Doughnut cutter patented - John Blondel (9/7) Dried milk patented (9/4) |
| Arts/Media | Alice Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne |
Miiddlemarch - George Eliot Boston Globe newspaper |
| Products |
1873
(Flickr)
| Architecture | Town Hall (9/9) Manningham Mills - Samuel Lister Bradford District Bank (Nat West), Market St 26 East Parade [LG] Sion Baptist Chapel, Harris Street [LG] Caspian House, 61 East Parade [LG] Alhambra Theatre, Canal Road (16/9) {1875} 62 Leeds Road/George Street extension [LG] Legrams Mill - George Hodgson St Augustine's Wesleyan Chapel Lindum Terrace, Manningham Bonding warehouse, Midland Station (21/4) |
Dispensary added to Infirmary Feversham Street school New Road Side Chapel Otley Road Chapel Bolton Road Chapel Old Grammar School, Manor Row {?} Church House, North Parade Dudley Hill Board school Barkerend Board school Whetley Lane Board school Horton Bank Top Board school Feversham Street school |
| Events | Mayoral Mace presented Bradford Free Lending Library, Tyrell Street (17/2) Bradford Canal re-opened (15/4) (Flickr) Bolton Lane abattoir opened {1928/1938} St. George's Hall re-opened (29/8) (Flickr) |
Mayor - Manoah Rhodes Bolton becomes part of Bradford First Board schools - rented property Robert Bland Ltd (Jewellers & Clock Makers) |
| National | Livingstone died (1/5) Wrexham FC formed - oldest in Wales |
Attendance at school made compulsory |
| International | USA - Ulysses S Grant | |
| Sport | FA - Wanderers (Oxford University) - Little Bridge | |
| Firsts | Scottish FA - founded Philo Remington produces a typewriter Celluloid registered as a trademark (14/1) Newspaper photograph - New York Daily Graphic (2/12) |
Badminton played in England (circa) Toilets on British trains - sleeping cars (2/4) Typewriter with QWERTY keyboard |
| Arts/Media | Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy | |
| Products/Words | Heineken beer, Holland | Aeroplane |
1874
| Architecture | Law Russell & Co, 63 Vicar Lane [LG] St James Wholesale Fruit & Veg Market (13/7) Bfd District Bank [Nat West], Market Street (18/5) Commercial Bank Buildings New Bank Street - building commenced Sir Titus Salt statue (1/8) St Paul's Terrace, Manningham First Pullman Train - Midland (Forster Square) Station (1/6) [Flickr] |
Manoah Rhodes Bowling Back Lane school Lilycroft Board school Whetley Lane Board School (15/6) [Flickr] St Mary's Roman Catholic Church St Marks, Manningham {1959} St Phillip's school, Girlington St John the Evangelist, Great Horton Road |
| Events | Evening classes started Purpose built schools Cycling Club founded - first in UK George Newby & Co, Tyrell Street {1974} Wombwell's Royal National Menagerie [Flickr] |
Mayor - Henry Mitchell Subscription library formed (27/10) Lower Barden reservoir Leeds University founded |
| National | PM - Benjamin Disraeli - Con {1880} Aston Villa FC formed Macclesfield FC formed |
Building Societies Act Bolton Wanderers FC formed |
| International | Gold Coast became a British colony | Fiji became a British Colony |
| Sport | FA - Oxford University (Royal Engineers) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Safety bicycle - HJ Lawson Pullman Train (see above) |
Solomon introduces pressure cooking for cans |
| Arts/Media | Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne Die Fledermaus - J Strauss Requiem - G Verdi |
The Accountant magazine Pictures from an Exhibition - MP Moussorgsky My Fatherland - F Smetana |
| Products | Bovril - Johnston's Fluid Beef, Canada | Jelly Beans |
1875
(Flickr)
| Architecture | Rawson Place Market (13/11) - see 1905 Brownroyd Reservoir (10/2) [Flickr] Samuel Cunliffe Lister statue (15/5) Star Theatre & Music Hall, Manchester Road (23/8) {1938} [Flickr] |
Frizinghall station (1/2) {1965}(Wikipedia) Shipley station - 2nd (1/2) (Wikipedia) Idle station (15/4) {1931} Eccleshill station (15/4) {1931} Windhill station (15/4) {1931} |
| Events | Great Northern (Victoria) hotel opened Bradford Girls' Grammar School (27/9) [Flickr] J Jagger - Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Laisterdyke - Windhill railway (15/4) |
Mayor - Wilson Sutcliffe Hackney Carriage bye-laws Bradford Canal purchased by Leeds Liverpool Co |
| National | London's main drainage system completed Blackburn Rovers FC formed |
Birmingham City FC formed |
| International | George Bizet died (3/6) | Hans Christian Andersen died |
| Sport | FA - Royal Engineers (Old Etonians) - Kennington Oval (Replay K.O.) | |
| Firsts | Snooker (India) Telephone communication (Bell) Trademark (England) - Bass |
Universal Postal Union in Berne (9/10) English Channel swum by Captain Webb (24-25/8) [Flickr] |
| Arts/Media | Carmen - G Bizet Trial by Jury - Gilbert & Sullivan (1st) |
Piano Concerto No. 1 - P Tchaikovsky |
| Products | Fry's Chocolate Cream bar |
1876
(Flickr)
| Architecture | Thorpe Buildings (TSB), Tyrell Street
- see 1871 Church Institute, North Parade St Mary's Church, East Parade [LG] Prince's Theatre (17/4) {1964}(Flickr) Masonic Hall, Rawson Square City Road goods yard Congregational Sunday school, Saltaire {1973} Union Warehouse Manningham Thorpe, Toller Lane - Lilycroft WMC |
Bradford Club, Bank Street ?? Baildon station (4/12) {1953} Esholt station (4/12) {1940} Dudley Hill station - 2nd (1/10) {1952} St James Church, Bolton Road Wilsden school Greenfield Congregational Church, Manningham Black Horse Inn, St Enochs Road "Manoah Rhodes", Kirkgate [?] |
| Events |
Sir Titus Salt died (29/12)
[Flickr] Shipley - Guiseley railway opened (4/12) Manningham Albion Rugby Club |
Mayor - George Waud Bradford Literary Club founded (26/2) Map of Bradford (Flickr) Map of Bradford city centre (Flickr) |
| National | Middlesbrough FC formed | Port Vale FC formed |
| International | Victoria proclaimed Empress of India Wild Bill Hickock killed (2/8) |
Battle of the Little Big Horn (15/6) |
| Sport | FA - Wanderers (Old Etonians) - Kennington Oval (Replay K.O.) | |
| Firsts | Telephone patented - Alexander Graham Bell Carpet sweeper patented (Bissel) |
Plimsoll Line devised by Samuel Plimsoll Settle and Carlisle railway |
| Arts/Media | Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain | Symphony No. 1 - J Brahms |
| Products | Budweiser beer, USA |
1877
| Architecture | Register Office (Poor Law Building), Manor Row Parkinsons Buildings, Sunbridge Road Alexandra Hotel {1993} Semon's Warehouse, 25 Bolton Road Parkinsons Buildings, Hustlergate Union (Bradford) Club, 3 Piece Hall Yard (Flickr) 34 Bavaria Place, Manningham Clayton Liberal Club |
Richard Cobden statue (25/7) West Bowling Chapel Management Centre, Emm Lane Mannville Chapel/Art College/Library St Augustine, Undercliffe Sacred Heart School Chapel, Bingley St Mary Magdalene consecrated (26/1) |
| Events | Court of Quarter Sessions granted (20/6) Sir Titus salt died (31/12) Belle Vue Girls' School opened |
Mayor - Briggs Priestley ER Halford, bakers founded |
| National | New Forest scheduled as National Park |
Crewe Alexandra FC formed Wolverhampton Wanderers FC formed |
| International | USA - Rutherford Hayes | Queen Victoria - Empress of India (1/1) |
| Sport | FA - Wanderers (Oxford University) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | First recording of a human voice - Edison (6/12) St Johns Ambulance founded 4-stroke internal combustion engine - August Otto |
Wimbledon - Mens Singles (9/7) Dog Licences England v Australia Test match (15/3) |
| Arts/Media | Black Beauty - Anna Sewell Washington Post newspaper |
The Return of the Native- Thomas Hardy The Cuckoo Clock - Mrs Molesworth |
| Products | Silver Cross prams |
1878
| Architecture | Municipal Library, Darley Street {197?} Refuge Chambers, Sunbridge Road Swan Arcade {1962} Talbot Hotel {closed 1974} Kirkgate Market extension (18/5) - see 1872 Bradford Liberal Club Horton Park (25/5) Bradford Moor Park Railway Viaduct, Thornton [20 arches] |
Bradford Grammar School extension Thackley station (1/3) {1931} Clayton station (14/10) {1955} Great Horton station (14/10) {1955} Manchester Road station (14/10) {1915} Thornton station (14/10) {1955} St Dunstans station (21/11) {1952} Temperance Commercial Hotel, Manchester Rd |
| Events | Bradford to Thornton railway opened (14/10) Brown, Muff - damaged by fire Henry Francis Lockwood (architect) died (Wikipedia) Prince's Theatre destroyed by fire (16/7) |
Mayor - Angus Holden Leeds - Thornton's Arcade Leeds - Grand Theatre |
| National | Queen Victoria uses the telephone Grimsby Town FC formed |
Everton FC formed Newton Heath FC (Manchester United) formed |
| International | Cyprus placed under British administration | |
| Sport | FA - Wanderers (Royal Engineers) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Dog Licences Axminster/Wilton carpets imported from USA (circa) Carbon filament lamp - Swan Electric street lighting in London Weekly weather report by Met Office Door (handle) knob patented - Osbourne Dorsey |
Cleopatras Needle, London (20/1) Phonograph patented - Thomas Edison (19/2) Microphone - David Hughes Salvation Army in England - William Booth Typewriter with upper and lower case [see below] |
| Arts/Media | Swan Lake - PI Tchaikovsky | |
| Products | Remington model #2 typewriter |
1879
| Architecture | Belle Vue Grammar school (11/8) - see 1895 Christ Church, Darley Street demolished Usher Street school Christ Church, Eldon Place {1940} Wallers Buildings, 44 Sunbridge Road |
Queensbury station (14/4) {1955} Southend Chapel St John's Chapel, Wilmer Road Silsbridge Lane demolished (unfit) Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ilkley |
| Events | Art Gallery, Kirkgate Market JB Priestley born |
Mayor - Angus Holden Explosion at Thornton Road gasworks (22/11) |
| National | Tay railway bridge collapsed - 90 killed West Bromwich Albion FC formed |
Sunderland FC formed |
| International | Zulu War - Rourkes Drift | |
| Sport | FA - Old Etonians (Clapham Rovers) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Electric lamp patented (Edison) Toilet paper - rough squares Frank W Woolworth opened store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Artificial ice rinl |
Blackpool Illuminations (18/9) British telephone exchange - London Wimbledon - Mens Doubles |
| Arts/Media | Liverpool Echo newspaper (27/10) Boys Own Paper - Religous Tract Society (18/1) |
Violin Concerto in D - Brahms |
| Products | Absolut Vodka, Sweden | Rowntree's Fruit Gums and Pastilles |
1880
| Architecture | 12-20 Sunbridge Road [c 1875-80] 24 Sunbridge Road [c] - see also 1924 26-28 Sunbridge Road [c 1870-80] 34-44 Sunbridge Road [c 1870-1880] Queen Anne Chambers, Sunbridge Road Refuge Building, Sunbridge Road [c] Colonial Buildings, Sunbridge Road [c] Church of St Peter, Allerton Road St Paul's School & Houses, Ambler Street |
1-11 Manor Row [c] Auburn House, 13-17 Manor Row [c] Park Avenue football ground - Rugby (20/7) Idle Hill reservoir (9/11) Technical College foundation stone (16/6) Horton Park station (1/11) {1952} Bowling Park - opened by Angus Holden (4/9) Southfield Lane Chapel Roundthorn Terrace, Thornton Road |
| Events | Dyers strike, riots Telephone service - National Telephone Company Manningham Lawn Tennis Club formed WE Forster made Secretary for Ireland Sir Henry Ripley of Bowling Dyeworks made a baronet (20/4) |
Mayor - Angus Holden Fire at Sutcliffes Mill, Valley Road - three died (12/1) Corporation obtained powers for tramways Airedale Harriers Club formed Manningham Albion change name to Manningham |
| National | PM - William Gladstone - Lib {1885} George Eliot died (22/12) Bolton Wanderers FC turned professional |
Greenwich Mean Time adopted as standard Blackburn Rovers FC turned professional Fulham FC formed |
| International | Ned Kelly hanged - Australia (11/11) | |
| Sport | FA - Clapham Rovers (Oxford University) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Telephone directory - London (15/1) Institute of Chartered Accountants |
AAA founded Practical electric light - Edison & Swan [both] |
| Arts/Media | 1812 Overture - PI Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 - Dvorak |
Trumpet Major - Thomas Hardy The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky |
| Products |
1881
| Architecture | Harold Park Wilsden School House and extension ? Listerhills Road/Smith Street |
Bethesda Chapel, Maperton Road {????} St Luke's Church, Victor Road Ardenlea, Ilkley [George Thorpe, draper] |
| Events | Population 183,032 53 collieries in the area Salts Mill became a limited company Tram lines laid - Manningham Bradford Amateur Dramatic Society founded Roller skating craze |
Mayor - Angus Holden Wilsden population 2,967 Bradford Synagogue, Bowland Street Historical & Antiquarian Society published papers YMCA moved to rooms in Tyrrel Street |
| National | Benjamin Disraeli died (19/4) Preston North End FC formed |
Leyton Orient FC formed Swindon Town FC formed |
| International | USA - James Garfield [died in office] (19/9) USA - Chester Arthur President Garfield murdered Boer War started - 1st |
Gunfight at the OK Corral (26/10) Billy the Kid killed (14/7) Tsar Alexander II assassinated Work started on Panama Canal |
| Sport | FA - Old Carthusians (Old Etonians) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Electric light used domestically National History Museum |
Postal Orders (1/1) |
| Arts/Media | Titbits magazine Revised version of New Testament |
Los Angeles Times newspaper
(4/12) (Wikipedia) Tales of Hoffmann - J Offenbach |
| Products | Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles |
1882
| Architecture | Technical College (25/6) Bankfoot Transport Depot {1977} German Evangelical Church, Greatt Horton Road |
Allerton Park Undercliffe Chapel |
| Events | Prince of Wales (Edward VII) visited Horse tramway - Manningham Lane (1/2) Steam tramway (8/8) Newlands Mill disaster - 54 died (28/12) Bradford Hospital for the Sick Children of the Poor |
Mayor - John Hill School swimming bath (Thornton) Albert Farnell Ltd Allerton, Heaton, Thornbury and Tyersal joined Bradford Peel Park Brewery Co Ltd wound up |
| National | AA Milne born (18/1) Soccer throw-in must be two handed Newcastle United FC formed |
Married women's Property Act Burnley FC formed Tottenham Hotspur FC formed |
| International | Three mile limit for territorial waters Jesse James shot (3/4) |
British Army occupied Egypt |
| Sport | FA - Old Etonians (Blackburn Rovers) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | "Ashes" Three Mile Limit - Hague Convention Electricity generating station, New York - Edison |
Church Army founded Petrol engine built by Gottlieb Daimler Hydro electric plant, Appleton, Wisconsin |
| Arts/Media | Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain | Iolanthe - A Sullivan |
| Products |
1883
| Architecture | Skyline Chambers, Manor Row Norman Arch, Lister Park Birkshall Gas Works opened (26/10) |
Birkshall Gas Works (26/10) Keighley Station - 2nd (7/4) |
| Events | Childrens Hospital opened General Union of Textile Workers - Local branch Free Gala in Peel Park - August Bank Holiday |
Mayor - Frederick Priestman Upper Barden reservoir opened (29/5) HC Slingsby founded |
| National | Inland parcel post (1/8) Bristol Rovers FC formed Coventry City FC formed Lincoln City FC formed Tranmere Rovers FC formed |
August Bank Holiday (6/8) Burnley FC turned professional Darlington FC formed Stockport County FC formed |
| International | Krakatoa erupted (27/8) Time zones implemented in USA |
Karl Marx died in London (14/3) Richard Wagner died (13/2) |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Olympic (Old Etonians) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Boys Brigade - William Smith Brooklyn Bridge, New York |
Artificial Silk - Sir Joseph Wilson Swan Skyscraper built on Chicago [1st] |
| Arts/Media | Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson Symphony No. 3 - J Brahms |
Thus Spake Zarathustra - F Nietzsche |
| Products | Camp Coffee |
1884
| Architecture | Bradford Moor park (13/9) Hewenden Viaduct Prospect Mill, Wilsden Albert Buildings, Tyrell Street Sunbridge House, Kirkgate/Godwin Street [SB=Stephenson Bros] |
Map of Little Germany ? Upper Piccadilly - warehouse for F Willey & Co Cullingworth station (7/4) {1955} Denholme station (1/1) {1955} |
| Events | Land for Town Hall extension purchased Evening classes started Railway to Keighley (via Thornton) Bradford (RU) win Yorkshire Challenge Cup |
Mayor - Isaac Smith John Wilkinson, Greengates Lund Humphries & Co, printers founded |
| National | Chester FC formed Leicester City FC formed Wycombe Wanderers formed |
Derby County FC formed as professional club Rotherham United FC formed London Underground - Circle Line completed |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Queens Park, Glasgow) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Marks and Spencers - Leeds Electric trams in Blackpool Recoil operated gun - Hiram Maxim Fabian Society Wimbledon - Ladies Singles |
Five Nations Cup Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) became standard NSPCC - Rev Benjamin Waugh Practical steam turbine - Charles Parsons |
| Arts/Media | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain | |
| Products | Jacob's Cream Crackers |
1885
| Architecture | Bradford Old (Beckett's) Bank, Cheapside Midland Hotel [or 1878?] |
Wibsey Park (19/9) Bradford Royal Infirmary extension (27/10) |
| Events | School Board elections School for deaf and blind children First Stipendiary Magistrate appointed (26/5) Map of Bradford (Flickr) |
Mayor - Thomas Hill Bradford Self-Help Permanent Building Society (2/3) Shipley became a Parliamentary Division (4/1) |
| National | PM - Marquess of Salisbury - Con {1892} Aston Villa FC turned professional Bury FC formed as a professional club Luton Town FC formed Newton Heath (Man Utd) turned professional Port Vale FC turned professional Queens Park Rangers FC formed Stoke City FC turned professional |
Soccer professionals legalised Birmingham City FC turned professional Everton FC turned professional Millwall FC formed Notts County FC turned professional Preston North End FC turned professional Southampton FC formed West Bromwich Albion FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Grover Cleveland | Sudan Campaign |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Queens Park, Glasgow) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Lightweight petrol engine fitted to bike - Daimler as above fitted to 3 wheeled vehicle - Benz |
Wax cylinder "gramophone" - Columbia Phonograph Cure for Rabies discovered (Louis Pasteur) |
| Arts/Media | King Solomon's Mines - H Rider Haggard Symphony No. 4 - J Brahms |
The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan The Arabian Nights - Richard Burton |
| Products |
1886
(Flickr)
| Architecture | Wilsden station (1/7) {1955} Sandy Lane Chapel Grange Grammar school |
Bolton Woods Chapel Great Horton school |
| Events |
First game at Valley Parade (25/9) (Flickr) William E Forster died Colonial & Indian representatives visited (6/8) |
Mayor - Angus Holden Eatons solicitors John Baines invented football cards |
| National | PM - William Gladstone - Lib {1886} PM - Marquess of Salisbury - Con {1892} Plymouth Argyle FC formed Sunderland FC turned professional |
Home Rule Bill for Ireland introduced (defeated) Arsenal FC formed Shrewsbury Town FC formed |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (West Bromwich Albion) - Kennington Oval (Replay - Derby) | |
| Firsts | Statue of Liberty, New York Mersey Tunnel, Liverpool (20/1) Severn Tunnel Football cards - John Baines of Bradford Gas mantle - Carl von Welsbach FA awarded international football caps (10/5) |
Flushing toilet - Thomas Crapper Crufts Dog Show in London Canadian Pacific railway California Perfume Company - Avon Niagra Falls hydro-electric plant begun Shaftesbury Avenue, London |
| Arts/Media | The Mayor of Casterbridge- Thomas Hardy Kidnapped- Robert Louis Stevenson |
Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde- Robert Louis Stevenson Little Lord Fauntelroy - Francis H Burnett |
| Products | Coca Cola [as a syrup] on sale (29/3) | Bovril |
1887
| Architecture | Royal Hotel, Darley Street General Post Office (St Peters House), Forster Square (1/9) (Flickr) St Georges Buildings, Westgate/Kirkgate Crofts, Thornbury Manchester Road Baths & Library (18/1) Exhibition Building, Saltaire |
Drummond Road school (3/10) Jubilee Hall Shelf Chapel rebuilt St Joseph Roman Catholic Church Exchange Station extension "Christopher Pratts", North Parade |
| Events | Fever Hospital transferred to corporation Bradford Corporation Various Powers Act (Conditioning House) (Flickr) AV Hammond solicitors |
Mayor - John Limber Morley Saltaire Exhibition (6/5) Map of Bradford (Flickr) |
| National | Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Blackpool FC formed as a professional club Ardwick FC (Man City) formed as professional club |
Barnsley FC formed Ipswich Town FC formed Sheffield Wednesday FC turned professional |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (West Bromwich Albion) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Adding machine patented Radio waves produced - Heinrich Hertz Artificial silk - Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet |
Tay Bridge - 2nd (20/6) Fructose synthesised - Fischer & Tafel |
| Arts/Media | Sherlock Holmes - Conan Doyle (short story) | |
| Products |
1888
(Flickr)
| Architecture | Addingham Station (16/5) {1965} "Christopher Pratts", North Parade Church Hall, Royd Street, Wilsden {1978} |
Thackley Church rebuilt Salem Chapel, Manningham Electricity Works, Bolton Road fnd stone (26/10) |
| Events | Leeds - Queens Arcade Menston - West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum {2003} |
Mayor - William Moulson Map of Bradford city centre (Flickr) |
| National |
Jack the Ripper (31/8)
(Flickr) County Councils created Walsall FC formed as a professional club Barnet FC founded |
Women voted in local elections Barnsley FC turned professional Wolverhampton Wanderers FC turned professional Football League formed (22/3) |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - West Bromwich Albion (Preston) - Kennington Oval | |
| Firsts | Pneumatic tyre - John Boyd Dunlop Lawn Tennis Association Fyffes imported bananas from the Canary Islands AC electric motor - Nikola Tesla Revolving door patented |
Kodak Box camera Gregg's shorthand - John Gregg Gramophone patented, using a disk - Emile Berliner Typewriter ribbon patented |
| Arts/Media | The Black Arrow- Robert Louis Stevenson Financial Times - newspaper |
National Geographic magazine |
| Products |
| Architecture |
175 Sunbridge Road <18BT89>
(Flickr) Electricity Works, Bolton Road (20/9) Tordoff's Buildings, Sunbridge Road Rosse Estate, Heaton |
Clayton Heights Chapel rebuilt Post Office Building, Wilsden Empire Music Hall {1917 - cinema} 586 Great Horton Road [T&MB=Tom & Mary Burston] |
| Events | Bradford County Borough Council formed Listers became a Limited Company (20/2) Luther Wright & Co founded Pullan's Music Hall destroyed by fire (29/6) Manningham Mills fire - 2 firemen died (23/6) |
Mayor - Smith Feather Orphanage opened First local authority to supply electricity Visit from Shah of Persia (24/7) Nutter's Orphanage, Cousen Road opened (19/6) (Flickr) |
| National | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Lloyds Bank [was LLoyds & Co Ltd] Newcastle United FC turned professional Sheffield United FC formed as a professional club |
Robert Browning died (12/12) London County Council {1965} Nottingham Forest FC turned professional Wimbledon FC formed |
| International | USA - Benjamin Harrison |
North & South Dakota - US states Montana & Washington - US states |
| Sport | FA - Preston (Wolverhampton) - Kennington Oval | 1st - Preston (Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | Eiffel Tower, Paris (31/3) Dishwasher Cordite - Frederick Abel Screw top bottle patented - Dan Rylands of Barnsley Savoy Hotel, London |
Jukebox Edison cylinders and Berliner disks on sale Celluloid roll film - George Eastman. First computer patented - Dr Herman Hollerith |
| Arts/Media | Master of Ballantrae - Robert Louis Stevenson Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome |
Yankee in King Arthurs Court - Mark Twain Red Flag - Labour party anthem |
| Products |
1890
(Flickr)
| Architecture |
Market Street (Forster Square) Station (2/3)
(Flickr) William Edward Forster statue (17/5) St Ann's Roman RC Church Methodist Church, Wilsden Ilkley Grammar School |
10-12 Rawson Place Princeville Chapel Conditioning House (original building) Bradford Childrens Hospital (7/10) (Flickr) |
| Events | Bradford Cinderella Club founded Barbarians RUFC formed at Alexandria Hotel (9/4) |
Mayor - Ezra Waugh Hammond |
| National | Housing of the Working Classes Act Luton Town FC turned professional |
Grimsby Town FC turned professional Millwall FC turned professional |
| International | Fall of Bismarck Idaho becomes a US state Vincent Van Gogh died (29/7) |
Wilhelmina Queen of Holland Wyoming becomes a US state |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Sheffield Wed) - Kennington Oval | 1st - Preston (Everton) |
| Firsts | Colour Photograph London Underground opened (18/12) Steel framed building in Chicago |
Football goal net - John Brodie Forth Railway Bridge (4/3) - started in 1882 Rowntree Factory, York |
| Arts/Media | Monthly Journal (Gibbons Stamp Monthly) Comic Cuts - first weekly comic paper (17/5) |
The Golden Bough - JG Frazer |
| Products | Hovis bread |
1891
| Architecture | Midland Hotel, Bingley | Lidget Green Chapel |
| Events | Population 216,495 Wilsden population 2764 James Street Fish Market [open air] (19/12) - see 1905 SC Lister became Baron Masham Riots in Town Hall Square Wool testing commenced Jollity Theatre opened (9/11) Exchange & Discount Bank went bankrupt - building purchased by the Midland |
Mayor - Thomas Priestley Manningham Mills strike Great Yorkshire Show - Four Lane Ends (5/8) Leeds - electric trams JW Swithenbank Ltd founded Boys Brigade founded in Bradford (9/11) Theosophical Society founded |
| National | Free Education Act Arsenal FC turned professional Stockport County FC turned professional |
Soccer penalty kick introduced Chesterfield FC turned professional Watford FC formed |
| International | Southern Rhodesia formed | Trans Siberian railway begun |
| Sport | FA - Blackburn Rovers (Notts County) - Kennington Oval | 1st - Everton (Preston) |
| Firsts | Zip Fastener - Egbert Judson - USA [or 1893] London- Paris telephone service (18/3) Charity Street collection, Manchester (Lifeboats) |
New Scotland Yard Synthetic rubber -William Tilden Cordite - Abel and Dewar |
| Arts/Media | Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde |
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy |
| Products |
1892
[Flickr]
| Architecture | Manor Buildings, Manor Row 140-148 Manningham Lane (WS = William Smith, Butcher) 126 Sunbridge Road Primitive Methodist Chapel, Idle |
Steeton Station - 2nd (1/3) {1965} Thwaites Station (1/6) {1909} Bingley Station - 2nd (24/7) Central Hall Methodist Chapel (31/8) |
| Events | Demonstration of Electric Tram - Cheapside (14/3) Brazilian emigrants return - destitute (10/5) Unrest caused ny distribution of anti-Catholic leaflets (27/6) "Labour Exchange" opened (19/12) [Flickr] |
Mayor - William Oddy Bradford Daily Argus (16/6) Bradford Permanent Orchestra formed Electric tram trial (12/3) [Flickr] |
| National | PM - William Gladstone - Lib {1894} Lincoln City FC turned professional |
Alfred Lord Tennyson died (6/10) Liverpool FC formed as a professional club |
| International | ||
| Sport | FA - West Bromwich Albion (Aston Villa) - Kennington Oval | 1st - Sunderland (Preston, Bolton, Aston Villa) |
| Firsts | Book matches Wholemeal flour produced by Dr Allinson Addressograph invented - JC Duncan of Sioux City |
Linotype Vacuum flask - Sir James Dewar Internal combustion engine - Rudof Diesel |
| Arts/Media | The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky (18/12) [Wikipedia] | Vogue magazine |
| Products | McVities Digestive biscuit |
1893
| Architecture | Labour Institute, Peckover Street (1/9) Beckside Mill |
Industrial Society, Wilsden St John the Evangelist Church, Greengates |
| Events | Independent Labour Party (13/1) Margaret McMillan arrived in Bradford Salts Mill purchased by syndicate Scholemoor Smallpox Hospital damaged by fire (2/10) |
Mayor - Jonas Whitley Bingley Harriers formed Greyhound Inn, Northgate closed [c] The Century's Progress [Flickr] |
| National | Duke of York (George V) married Gillingham FC formed |
Crewe Alexandria FC turned professional |
| International | USA - Grover Cleveland Cole Porter born (9/6) |
Solomon Islands became British protectorate |
| Sport | FA - Wolverhampton Wanderers (Everton) - Fallowfield,
Manchester |
1st - Sunderland (Preston, Everton, Aston Villa) 2nd - Small Heath (Sheffield United, Darwen, Grimsby) |
| Firsts | Coca-Cola name registered Four wheel car - Karl Benz Statue of Eros, Piccadilly, London |
Zip Fastener - Egbert Judson - USA [or 1891] Women's Golf Championship - Royal Lytham (13/6) |
| Arts/Media | Theatrical Striptease, Paris (11/3) Symphony No. 6 - P Tchaikovsky |
Symphony No. 5 (New World) - Dvorak Chicago World Exhbition |
| Products | Atora Beef Suet Wrigley's Spearmint & Juicy Fruit chewing gum [USA] |
Rowntree's Fruit Gums |
1894
| Architecture | Park (pub), Manningham Lane - rebuilt | "Darvill's", Cemeterty Road [Bfd Provident Industrial Society] |
| Events | Herbert Sutcliffe born (24/11) School for "backward" children |
Mayor - Willis Wood JB Priestley born |
| National | PM - Earl of Roseberry - Lib (to 1895) Robert Louis Stevenson died (3/12) Bristol City FC formed Leicester City FC turned professional Southampton FC turned professional |
Building Societies Act Motor Show Gillingham FC turned professional Oldham Athletic FC formed Swindon Town FC turned professional |
| International | Nicholas II becomes Tsar | |
| Sport | FA - Notts County (Bolton Wanderers) - Goodison park,
Liverpool |
1st - Aston Villa (Sunderland, Derby, Blackburn) Rel - Newton Heath, Darwen 2nd - Liverpool (Small Heath, Notts County, Newcastle) |
| Firsts | Tower Bridge, London (30/6) Manchester Ship Canal (21/5) Motor Show - Paris |
Cinematograph (Lumiere) Striptease in Paris Music Hall (13/3) Blackpool Tower (14/5) |
| Arts/Media | Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope L'Apres-midi d'une Faune - Debussy |
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling Arms and the Man - George Bernard Shaw |
| Products | Lifebuoy Carbolic soap | Omega watches |
1895
| Architecture | Prudential Assurance Company, Sunbridge
Road Yorkshire Penny Bank, North Parade Bradford Co-op central premises (15/6) 148 Sunbridge Road [Womens Refuge] |
Barry's Building, Westgate Shipley Glen tramway (18/5) |
| Events | T Barron & Co - Removals Bowling Station closed (1/2) |
Mayor - Willis Wood Bradford and Manningham join Northern Rugby Union |
| National | PM - Marquess of Salisbury - Con (to 1902) Ardwick FC changed name to Manchester City FC Oscar Wilde - Old Bailey trial for homosexuality |
FA Cup stolen in Birmingham (11/9) Reading FC turned professional Tottenham Hotspur FC turned professional |
| International | Federation of Malaya formed | |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (West Bromwich Albion) - Crystal Palace | 1st - Sunderland (Everton, Aston Villa, Preston)) |
| Firsts | National Trust Rugby League formed [as Northern Union] (29/8) |
Safety Razor (Gillette) London Promenade Concerts - Sir Henry Wood Spring driven phonograph - Edison |
| Arts/Media | The Time Machine - HG Wells Poems - Yeats |
Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde Symphony No. 2 - Mahler |
| Products | Heinz Baked Beans with Tomato Sauce [USA] Lee Enfield Magazine Rifle Mk 1 |
Underwood #1 typewriter |
1896
(Flickr)
| Architecture | Wool Exchange, Hustlergate wall added Sir Titus Salt statue moved to Manningham Park (15/8) [Flickr] |
Wyke station - 2nd (23/9) {1953} St Margaret's Church Frizinghall consecrated (31/10) |
| Events | Town Hall extension committee appointed First car in Bradford (15/10) Forster Square/Canal Road fire Dr Bardsley, Vicar of Bradford died (23/6) Film - Town Hall Square (Yorkshire Film Archive) |
Mayor - Thomas Speight Halifax - Borough Market Leeds - Post Office, City Square Manningham 1 (RL) - Bradford 11 (RL) |
| National | PM - Marquess of Salisbury - Con {1902} Rugby League expanded to Yorkshire & Lancashire |
Oxford United FC formed |
| International | Sudan Campaign commenced {1898} Utah becomes US state |
Gold discovered in Klondyke, Canada |
| Sport |
FA Cup - Sheffield Wednesday (Wolverhampton) - Crystal Palace
(Flickr) 1st - Aston Villa (Derby County) |
RL - Manningham (Halifax) |
| Firsts | Wireless telegraphy patented - Marconi Nobel Prize Cinema, Piccadilly Circus, London (21/3) |
Addressograph patented- JC Duncan of Sioux City Pedestrian killed in road accident, Croydon (17/8) X-Rays discovered - Wilhem Roentgen (5/1) |
| Arts/Media | Daily Mail (4/5) La Boheme - Puccini |
Jude the Obscure- Thomas Hardy The Island of Dr Moreau - HG Wells |
| Products |
1897
| Architecture | The Star, Westgate Royal Arcade (Busbys), Manningham Lane {?} Hanson Grammar School Nurses Home foundation stone (30/8) Commemoration Buildings, Barkerend Road |
562 Thornton Road [TB =Thomas Bradley] Valley Road Electricity Works (8/10) {?} Saint Cuthbert's school Central Buildings, Main St, Bingley |
| Events | City status granted (10/7) Bradford Infirmary becomes Royal Baildon Moor acquired by Council Sir Isaac Holden died |
Mayor - Thomas Speight County Restaurant, Bridge Street Herbert Asquith speaks in Bradford |
| National | Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee (22/7) Bristol City FC turned professional Northampton Town FC formed |
National standard metre established Bristol Rovers FC turned professional Rugby League Challenge Cup Manningham 2 (RL) - Bradford 7 (RL) |
| International | USA - William McKinley Northwest Frontier Campaign - India |
War between Greece and Turkey Watford FC turned professional |
| Sport | FA - Aston Villa (Everton) - Crystal Palace 1st - Aston Villa (Sheffield United) |
RL - Brighouse (Manningham) - Yorks RL - Broughton Rangers (Oldham) - Lancs RLCC - Batley (St Helens) |
| Firsts | RAC founded as Automobile Club of GB Tate Gallery, London (21/7) Dow Jones Index - New York (8/10) |
Turbine propelled ship (Charles Parsons) Monotype type-setting machine Blackwall Tunnel, London |
| Arts/Media | Dracula - Bram Stoker The Invisible Man - HG Wells |
Cyrano de Bergerac - Edmond Rostand |
| Products | Plasticine | Cadbury's Milk chocolate |
1898
| Architecture | Devonshire House, North Parade 61-69 Westgate English Electric, Thornbury Crofts, Thornbury {1987} 31 Ivegate Killarney Buildings, Listerhills Road |
Bolton Transport Depot {1958/1969} Horton Bank Top Transport Depot {1977} Wyke recreation ground Castle Hotel, Grattan Road/Barry Street St Catherine's Home, Manningham Telephone Exchange, Nelson Street {1971) |
| Events | Bowling Iron Company into liquidation Electric tram - Bolton Road - 1st in Bradford Electric tram - Great Horton (30/7) {1950} Barnum & Bailey's Circus, Thornton Land for Nelson Street fire station purchased Refuse collection service commenced |
Mayor - W E Ackroyd Freeman - Sir Henry Mitchell (22/4) Freeman - Samuel Cunliffe Lister [Lord Masham] (17/10) Empire Stores Manningham 5 (RL) - Bradford 2 (RL) |
| National | WE Gladstone died (19/5) Women's Suffrage Society Portsmouth FC formed as a professional club Torquay United FC formed |
Lewis Carroll died (14/1) Fulham FC turned professional Queens Park Rangers FC turned professional |
| International | Britain obtained 99 year lease of Hong Kong (9/6) | USA declares war against Spain |
| Sport | FA - Nottingham Forest (Derby County) - Crystal Palace 1st - Sheffield United (Sunderland) |
RL - Hunslet (Bradford) - Yorks RL - Oldham (Swinton) - Lancs RLCC - Batley (Bradford) |
| Firsts | Tate Gallery (21/7) Magnetic recorder "telegraphone" - V Poulsen |
Motorist died in car crash - Brighton (12/2) Radium & Polonium - Pierre & Marie Curie |
| Arts/Media | War of the Worlds - HG Wells The Kiss - Rodin |
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James Time Machine - HG Wells |
| Products/Words | Kelloggs Corn Flakes Uncle Joes Mint Balls, Wigan |
Rainforest |
1899
| Architecture | Rawson Hotel, John Street Customs & Excise, 29 Manor Row |
Wapping Road school baths Empire Theatre, Great Horton Road (30/1) |
| Events | Corporation started to supply electricity ??? First school baths in UK (Green Lane) First school medical in UK (Usher Street) Technical College transferred to Corporation (9/11) Bradford & District FA formed Reliance Lift & Engineering Co founded |
Mayor - W C Lupton Thornton, Tong, Eccleshill, Idle and North Bierley joined Bradford (9/11) H Ellis & Sons (Ellis's Tools) Wm Morrison selling eggs and butter CoffeeTavern at Metropole Hotel, Forster Square Manningham 7 (RL) - Bradford 3 (RL) |
| National | United Irish League formed Bournemouth FC formed Cardiff City FC formed Oldham Athletic FC turned professional |
London Borough Councils Brentford FC formed as a professional club Middlesbrough FC turned professional |
| International | Boer War commenced (10/10) {1902} Mafeking (12/10) - Ladysmith (2/11) |
Kuwait became British Protectorate |
| Sport | FA - Sheffield United (Derby County) - Crystal Palace 1st - Aston Villa (Liverpool) |
RL - Batley (Hull) - Yorks RL - Broughton (Oldham) - Lancs RLCC - Oldham (Hunslet) |
| Firsts | Aspirin patented - Felix Hoffman (6/3) | |
| Arts/Media | Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar | Daily Express |
| Products | Liquorice Allsorts Duckhams Oil |
Sol beer, Mexico |
