 Five Lane Ends | |
  Wrose Location withinWest Yorkshire | |
| Population | 7,518 (2011 census) |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHIPLEY |
| Postcode district | BD18 |
| Dialling code | 01274 |
| Police | West Yorkshire |
| Fire | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| 53°49′40″N1°45′07″W / 53.82791°N 1.75206°W /53.82791; -1.75206 | |
Wrose is a village andcivil parish in theCity of Bradford metropolitan borough ofWest Yorkshire, England, about three miles north of Bradford city centre, and southeast ofShipley.Wrose is in theWindhill and Wrose ward.The civil parish population taken at the 2011 Census was 7,518.[1]
Although the name Wrose was established as aplace name within the Manor of Idle by the time ofElizabeth I of England, it is not mentioned in thePoll Tax returns of 1379.[2]The name probably existed as a place name for some time before then.
Rapid house expansion took place in Wrose in the 1930s.Many houses dating from the time of Charles II were demolished to make way for these new semi-detached properties.[2]
Close to the old quarries to the north west of Wrose was the former Wrose Hill brickworks created for the manufacture of bricks and sanitary tubes.[3]
Wrose sits on top of a hillside at a height of around 600-foot (180 m) above sea level, overlooking the Aire valley and Bradford valley.Wrose is surrounded by other areas of Shipley and Bradford such as Windhill, Woodend, West Royd, Idle Moor, Gaisby and Owlet.[4]
Around the hillside (Carr Hill) can be found the remains of many stone quarries, whose growth exploded in the 19th century as the city of Bradford grew with the wool trade.Many of Bradford's fine Yorkshire millstone buildings are built from these resources.A quarry at nearby Bolton Woods still operates today.The geology of the area is that ofmudstones,siltstones, finesandstones,coal,pipeclay,fireclay andganister as indicated by exposed rocks in the old quarry—parts of which are in a dangerous state.[3]
Wrose has been acivil parish since 2004[5]and is entirely surrounded by unparished areas of the City of Bradford.
Churches in Wrose includeSt Cuthbert's Church,[6]Bolton Villas United Reform Church on Wrose Road andWrose Chapel on Low Ash Avenue. The local post office is on Wrose Road.[7]Also on Wrose Road are Wrose's two public houses,The Bold Privateer andWrose Bull.[8]The Bold Privateer is named after the Earl of Cumberland who owned all the land in the Wrose area in the time ofElizabeth I of England.[2]The present-dayWrose Bull was originally namedThe Hare and Hounds after its move to new premises, but at the insistence of locals was renamed for the colloquial name of the original alehouse.[2]There are listed buildings in Wrose on Snowden Road[9]and Tudor Barn Court.[10]
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Wrose is a largely residential area and there are a number of shops along Wrose Road in Wrose.
Low Ash Primary School is to be found on Wrose Road close to the centre of Wrose.[11]
Wrose is served by a number of West Yorkshire Transport's bus services.[12]
Wrose was home to the Yorkshire sporting family the Jowets, of which the last and most notable member was Dawson Jowet, founder of theAiredalebeagles hunting pack in 1891, and its Master until his death in 1933.[13]His monument remains onIlkley Moor.Adrian Edmondson comic actor, writer, musician and director, was born in Wrose but grew up in nearbyIdle.[14]The former Yorkshire & Humber MEPRichard Corbett, Leader of the Labour MEPs, lives in Wrose.[citation needed]
