BRADFORD


Meaning of BRADFORD in English

n.

City and metropolitan borough (pop., 2001: 467,668), West Yorkshire , northern England.

The manufacture of wool products was important to its economy as early as 1311; the fine worsted trade began in the late 17th century. By 1900 it emerged as the main wool-buying centre for Yorkshire. The city remains a centre of the textile industry and is the site of the University of Bradford.

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