Bailiff Bridge is a village, near Bradford and Huddersfield, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The local pub is the Punch Bowl. Statistics Population: 293,717 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE165325 Administration Metropolitan borough: City of Bradford Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Ambulance service: Yorkshire... Statistics Population: 146,234 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SE145165 Administration District: Kirklees Metropolitan county: West Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (West Riding) Services Police force: West Yorkshire Police Ambulance service: Yorkshire Post office... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq...
The bailiff of a sheriff is an under-officer employed by a sheriff within a county for the purpose of executing writs, processes, distraints and arrests.
The high bailiff is responsible for all the acts and defaults of himself, and of the bailiffs appointed to assist him, in the same way as a sheriff of a county is responsible for the acts and defaults of himself and his officers.
The Scottish equivalent of a sheriff's bailiff or high bailiff is the sheriff officer (for the Sheriff Court) or the messenger-at-arms (for the Court of Session).
We also wish and grant that if any of us opposes or obstructs the bailiff from executing [his duties] or a distraint which the stewards have ordered him to carry out, he is to be amerced and obligated to the community in [the amount of] forty pence.
We also wish and grant that if any of us in any way refuses to cooperate with the bailiff in the performance of his duties, he is to be amerced and obligated to the community in [the amount of] twelve pence and, notwithstanding, should [also] make amends according to what his peers consider appropriate.
A bridge across the river – its building associated by local tradition with Brewer – led to the development of an eastern section of the town; the bridge would have been one point for toll-collection, which is the main reason it required a "keeper".
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