Bradford, Adderstone with Lucker

Human settlement in England

Adderstone with Lucker

Unitary authority

Northumberland

Northumberland

Region

North East

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

List of places: UK; England; Northumberland

55°35′10″N 1°45′22″W / 55.586°N 1.756°W / 55.586; -1.756

Bradford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Adderstone with Lucker, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is situated to the south-west of Bamburgh, a short distance inland from the North Sea coast. In 1951 the parish had a population of 14.^[1]

History

The name "Bradford" means 'Broad ford'.^[2] Bradford was formerly a township in the parish of Bambrough,^[3] from 1866 Bradford was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 to form Adderstone with Lucker.^[4]

Governance

Bradford is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

References

^ "Population statistics Bradford Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Bradford Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 4 November 2021. Note that there are 2, select the more northerly red dot.
^ "History of Bradford, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Relationships and changes Bradford Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.