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Clayton is an area of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England, situated to the west of the town centre. It is listed in the Domesday Book, meaning it dates back to at least the 11th century. It was noted for its clay. More recently, Clayton was a key location in the British and international wool trade, being the home of the British Wool Marketing Board headquarters. The old building was demolished and converted into housing in the late 1990s. 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 Fire and rescue...
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2005 est. ...
A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ...
Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...
Though no longer a village, as it has now been absorbed into the West Yorkshire conurbation of Bradford, the area maintains a village feel, and is often referred to as such. The village re-acquired civil parish status with a parish council in 2004. A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The main street of the village – Clayton Lane – which runs alongside the park, includes several traditional pubs, a popular crawl route for many residents. Starting at the top of the lane is The Fleece, moving down to The Royal Hotel, The Albion and The Black Bull – the oldest pub in the area. Other pubs include The Fiddlers Three and The Quarry Arms. There are also several shops, churches, and a nearby golf club and reservoir at Clayton Heights with views of the city of Bradford and the village of Thornton across the valley. Thornton village lies to the west of Bradford, into which it was incorporated around 1899, but was mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th Century, when it had been laid waste by William the Conquerors harrying of the north, punishment for an uprising against the Norman invaders of...
Although not directly associated with the Brontës, the long distance Bronte Way footpath passes close by, and – with the nearby village of Thornton (where the Brontë sisters were born) being within walking distance – Clayton must have been well known to the Brontës' rebellious brother Patrick when he lived in the area. The Brontë sisters, painted by their brother, Branwell c. ...
Patrick Brontë around 1860 Reverend Patrick Brontë (March 17, 1777 - June 7, 1861) was a curate, writer, and the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. He was the first of ten children born to Hugh Brunty and Eleanor McCrory in Drumballyroney, County Down, Northern Ireland. ...
The local football team is Royal Clayton FC.
Perhaps Clayton's greatest claim to fame is as the birthplace and home of Albert Pierrepoint, often considered to be the United Kingdom's last state executioner. Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) is the most celebrated member of a Yorkshire family who provided three of Britains Chief Executioners in the first half of the 20th century. ...
A judicial executioner is a person who carries out a death sentence ordered by the state or other legal authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice. ...
Other famous Claytonians include Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, who was married in Clayton Baptist Church and Linda Barker, the television presenter of Changing Rooms. A more tedious claim to fame is that Peter Sellers' aunt lived there. As his only living relative (other than his wife and children) he could often be seen visiting during his lifetime. Peter William Sutcliffe (born June 2, 1946), infamous as the Yorkshire Ripper, was convicted in 1981 of the murders of thirteen women in the north of England and attacks on seven more from 1975 to 1980. ...
Linda Barker Linda Barker, from Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK, first made her name in the television show Changing Rooms as one of the designers. ...
A changing room or dressing room is a room or enclosure in a clothing store where customers may try on clothes before purchasing them. ...
Richard Henry Peter Sellers, CBE (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) was an English comedian, actor, and performer, who came to prominence on the BBC radio series The Goon Show and later became a film star. ...
External links
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
- Clayton CE Primary
- Official Royal Clayton Website
- Royal Clayton FC
- Clayton Village Website
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