Bradshaw, Calderdale Explained

Country:England
Static Image:The Bradshaw Tavern - Bradshaw Lane, Bradshaw - geograph.org.uk - 737715.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Bradshaw Tavern
Coordinates:53.7663°N -1.8816°W
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Calderdale
Map Type:West Yorkshire
Official Name:Bradshaw
Metropolitan Borough:Calderdale
Metropolitan County:West Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Post Town:HALIFAX
Postcode District:HX2
Postcode Area:HX
Os Grid Reference:SE079300

Bradshaw is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England.

Buildings

The parish church is dedicated to St John the Evangelist.[1] It also has a primary school.[2]

The church was built in 1838 at an expense of £1,200, two-thirds of which was given by Elizabeth Wadsworth who also erected a national school in the village.[3]

Sport

The village has a cricket team, Bradshaw Cricket Club who play in the Halifax Cricket League.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us . St John's Church Bradshaw . 16 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Bradshaw Primary School . Ofsted . 16 August 2022.
  3. Book: Bradnop – Braithwaite . A Topographical Dictionary of England . Samuel . Lewis . London . 1848 . 334-339 . British History Online . http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp334-339 . 16 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Bradshaw CC, Yorks . Play-Cricket . 22 August 2022.