Egypt, Bradford
Egypt is a hamlet near Thornton, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
Geography
Egypt is situated about one mile (1.6 km) north-west of Thornton on a hairpin bend of a road between Well Heads and a junction with the B6144 road near Wilsden, and at the top (western) end of the marked valley of Bell Dean in which a stream runs roughly in an eastern direction.[1] High walls that were erected to hold back the waste rock from the local quarries flank the road, giving rise to the nickname "The Walls of Jericho".[2]
History
The hamlet was established in the first half of the 19th century and is named on maps surveyed in the late 1840s.[3] Its name may be related to the commemoration of the 1798 invasion of Egypt by the troops of Napoleon Bonaparte,[4] or the nearby Egypt Methodist Chapel which was already demolished by 1876.[5] The names of other hamlets in the area such as Jericho, Jerusalem, and World's End are also of biblical origin.[6]
Quarrying was the major industry in the area, with about 30 active quarries reported in the 1870s.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Yorkshire CCXVI.NW (includes: Bradford; Clayton; Thornton.) (Map). 1:10560. Ordnance Survey. 1947.
- ^ Alison C. Armstrong (1985). "The Walls of Jericho at Egypt, Thornton, Bradford". The Bradford Antiquary. Third Series. 1. Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society: 44–49.
- ^ Yorkshire 216 (includes: Bradford; Clayton; North Bierley; Thornton.) (Map). 1:10560. Ordnance Survey. 1852.
- ^ P. F. Kendall and H. E. Wroot (1924). The Geology of Yorkshire. Vol. ii. p. 898.
- ^ a b William Cudworth (1876). Round About Bradford. p. 140. (Reprint: Mountain Press, 1968)
- ^ "Thornton Village: History". www.brontecountry.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Egypt, Bradford.
- North of Thornton (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. June 2010. - Description of a circular walk in the area
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