Wyke, Bradford, Bradford :: The British Place Names Website

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Wyke is a suburban area in Bradford, Bradford

Other current and historical names

Wike
Wyke Common

Built-Up Area: Bradford
Parish/Community: Bradford, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Bradford
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Suburban Area

Latitude/Longitude: 53°44'10"N 1°45'58"W
Eastings/Northings: 415521, 426672
OS Grid: SE155266
Mapcode Local: GBR JT37.FD
Mapcode Global: WHC9N.VC43

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wyke within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wyke in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wike.-- township and ry. sta. (Wyke), Birstal par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles S. of Bradford, 967 ac., pop. 5315; P.O.; has worsted mills, dyeworks, and a card factory. See WYKE.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wyke, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Birstal par., N. div., West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Bradford by rail, pop. 4380; forms part of township of WIKE: which see.

Wyke in the Domesday Book

A village in Morley hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Vestarr; Stenulf of Sutton
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066
- Woodland: 4 furlongs