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I'm attempting to look into the background of an ancestor who reputedly built a street in the Manningham district of Bradford known as Springcliffe or alternatively Spring Cliffe.
I have looked at online newspapers and census records including parliamentary voting registers on Genuki to try and follow when the street was built including their residents.
However, it is rather confusing. ???
I have traced the name "Spring Cliffe" for property development to 1853 and I'm aware of a "Spring Cliffe Building Club" who developed property in the area during the 1860s and 1870s. There is also a "Spring Cliffe House" in 1861. By 1878 there are two separate streets, SpringCliffe and Springcliffe Street. Residents listed previously as SpringCliffe in the voting lists are now registered under Springcliffe Street.
Could someone clarify the development of this area of Manningham?
Many thanks in advance :)
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Have you checked old maps to see if you can determine when the street appeared?
https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/416500/432500
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=53.8042&lon=-1.7673&layers=6&right=BingHyb
You can look at maps of different dates by selecting from the panels on the left.
Maybe also try to track down some city plans?
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What a dunce I am ::) I'll have a look at those. Thanks.
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No luck with the maps :(. I'll probably have to wait and contact WYAS or Bradford archives.
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In the 1861 Census there are numbers 1,2, 5, 7 Spring Cliffe
RG 9; Piece: 3334; Folio: 32; Page: 16
Stan
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Thanks for all your responses. I have managed, with your help, to find out when the street of Springcliffe was built. Since I know others may look for it in the future, here is how I traced the history of Springcliffe or Spring Cliffe, off Heaton Road and Church Street, Bradford.
I believe Springcliffe came before the neighbouring residental street of Springcliffe Street.
Plots of land for "Spring Cliffe" were being advertised within the Bradford Observer in 1853. Springcliffe first appears in the 1854 Bradford Parliamentary Register as a place of residence though it does not appear in the Directory of Leeds and Bradford 1854, also Lunds' Directory of Bradford 1856. By the 1861 census, Springcliffe appears with 4 residential houses. By 1871 census, there are 14 residential houses on Springcliffe, alongside the "Springcliffe Club Houses". By the Post Office Directory of Bradford 1878-79, there are 25 residential houses.
Whilst I cannot yet confirm my relative's role in the building of these houses, it has helped narrow down where and when he was involved.
My sources were: Genuki, British Newspapers Online, Historical Directories of England & Wales (University of Leicester), UK Census 1861 & 1871.
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Well found RN. :)