Eccleshill, ENG - Postcode - BB3 3NU

Description of Eccleshill, Bradford

Within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the English county of West Yorkshire lies a place called Eccleshill, also known as a former community called Eccleshill. Eccleshill has a ward population of 17,540, which grew to 17,945 in the most recent census in 2011. Although there is a lot of open terrain to the east of Eccleshill, the neighborhood itself is almost entirely residential.

Eccleshill may or may not have been named after a church. During the period of the Domesday Book, the locals used the name Egleshill, which could have meant either "eagles hill" or the name of a Saxon landlord named Aikel or Eckil.

Geographical description of Eccleshill

Eccleshill's eastern border is formed by Pudsey and Fagley Beck, both of which eventually converge with Carr Beck to form the River Aire. Calverley is located within Leeds City proper, to the north of Eccleshill is the hamlet of Idle, to the north-east is Greengates, and to the south-west is Eccleshill. In Leeds, Pudsey may be reached by crossing Fagley Beck to the east, and Bradford Moor can be reached by traveling southeast. Undercliffe, a neighborhood, may be found to the south, and Bolton, to the south-west. Swain House estate lies to the west, and Idle Moor and Wrose are to the north-west.

History of Eccleshill

When the Romans were still in control of Britain, they built two roads through the Eccleshill neighborhood. The current Norman Lane served as one lane, while the current Bank served as the other lane leading to Apperley Bridge. Eccleshill's land was transferred to William, Earl of Warren following the Norman Conquest. Lands were first owned by the Sheffields in 1274, then by the Bolling family of Calverley in 1407, and finally by the Scargills, Saviles, Wyatts, Zouches, Stanhopes, Hirds, and Jeremiah Rawson in the early 1600s. It is reported that a preacher or monk was stoned to death on the main route through Eccleshill village in the Middle Ages, and as a result, church authorities ignored the village. According to legend, this is the event that inspired locals to give the main thoroughfare the name "Stony Lane." The real reason could be that the route was particularly rocky or because it continued on to a place called Stone Hall. The Delph, a grassed-over old Stoney Lane Quarry north of Stony Lane, is the annual site of the Eccleshill Village Fair. Older maps tend to use the Stoney spelling of the street name, but this is a point of contention even now.