Genealogy Australia

Bradford has a long and fascinating history and Dr Firth's narrative examines its pre-history, the growth of the village of Bradeford into a medieval market town, its reasons for going to war against a king, and the causes and consequences of Bradford's transition into a large industrial metropolis based on wool. It also looks at the recent changes that have followed the decline of the wool trade. But it is also a story of the people; John Northrop and the Bradford Boar, William Cavendish, J. B. Priestley and David Hockney to name just a few.