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Wyke may refer to:
Wyke was incorporated into Bradford in 1899.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Wyke from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "WIKE, or Wyke, a township-chapelry in Birstal parish, [West Riding of] Yorkshire; near Picklebridge [railway] station, and 4½ miles S of Bradford. It has a post-office under Normanton. Acres: 920. Real property: £10,949; of which £6,200 are in mines. Population in 1851: 2,916; in 1861: 3,016. Houses: 659. The manor belongs to the Low Moor Company. There are two worsted mills, dye-works, and a card manufactory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £155.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1847; is in the early English style; and has a spire 120 feet high. There are an Independent chapel, a Moravian settlement, and a national school."
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Wyke. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
- The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Birstall provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
- A Vision of Britain through Time on Wyke.
- A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to maps of the West Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. The location of individual settlements within the parishes is also shown. These maps all expand to a very large scale.
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