Eccleshill, Bradford
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Eccleshill is an area, former village, and ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The ward population of Eccleshill is 17,540,[2] increasing at the 2011 Census to 17,945.[1] Eccleshill is a more or less completely residential urban area with very little open space[2] although there is substantial open land directly to the east.
Eccleshill | |
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Harrogate Road, Eccleshill | |
Location within West Yorkshire | |
Population | 17,945 (Ward. 2011 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SE175358 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BRADFORD |
Postcode district | BD2 & BD10 |
Dialling code | 01274 |
Police | West Yorkshire |
Fire | West Yorkshire |
Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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53.824°N 1.737°W / 53.824; -1.737 |
The origins of the name Eccleshill are uncertain. At the time of the Domesday Book the area was known as Egleshill either meaning 'eagles hill'[3] or perhaps named after a Saxon landlord called Aikel or Eckil—alternatively it could mean Ecclesiastical Hill.[4]