Bierley is a former township in the

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whose name now mainly refers to a neighbourhood in the Tong ward of the

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Geography

Bierley housing estate is situated about southeast of the centre of Bradford, south of the A650 road and the

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. Neighbouring places are in clockwise order: Oakenshaw in the south, Low Moor, Odsal, Bankfoot, West Bowling,

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, Dudley Hill, Holme Wood, Westgate Hill and

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Village in the City of Bradford and

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in the southeast.

History

In 1872 Bierley was recorded as a township that included the village of Wibsey, the hamlets of Bierley Lane, Carr Lane, Hilltop, Odsal Moor, Woodhouse Hill and Folly Hall, and the districts of Low Moor (where the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway had a

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) and Slack. Its population was about 9,500 persons in 1841 and 12,500 in 1861. The township was also known as ''North Bierley'', to distinguish it from similarly named places. This is remembered in the name of North Bierley cemetery, opened in 1902 and situated between Low Moor and Buttershaw. The former township has been split up following administrative reorganisation. The modern housing estate of Bierley, Bierley Hall Wood, and the hamlets of Bierley Lane and Hilltop now belong to Tong ward. Low Moor and Carr Lane are part of Wyke ward, while Wibsey, Slack and Folly Hall are in Wibsey ward.

Notable buildings

St John the Evangelist, Bierley (7986255121)

* St John the Evangelist, Bierley, dating from 1766, now a Grade II* listed building. 439 Shetcliffe Lane - geograph

*A set of two-storey yeoman's houses in Shetcliffe Lane dates back to the 15th or 16th century. The originally timber-framed buildings were encased in gritstone masonry in 1625 and have also been declared Grade II* listed buildings.

Notable people

* Charles Sutton (1906–1945), cricketer

References

{{Authority control Areas of Bradford Housing estates in England Former civil parishes in West Yorkshire

Geography

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Notable buildings

Notable people

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