2021
SE1737 : The White Bear, Idle
taken 3 years ago, near to Shipley, Bradford, England
This is 1 of 2 images, with title starting with The White Bear in this square
The White Bear, Idle
Grade II listed (list entry 1133096). Watson gives us the facts that it dates from some time before 1822, at which time it was owned by the Stansfields of Esholt Hall, one of whose number also acted as landlord in the mid 19th century. He adds that in his own time (late 19th/early 20th century?) it was kept by Lewis Cannon, his wife and their "bevy of beautiful daughters".
Idle & Thorp
Idle and Thorp are two formerly separate villages north of Bradford. Nowadays they form part of the Bradford conurbation, and the name of Thorp is much less used locally than Idle (although it presumably gave its name to nearby Thorpe Edge). Together, they were formerly known as Idlethorp, and that is the title of a local history book by Wright Watson published in 1950, from a facsimile copy of which (ISBN 9 781 905 40846 8) I have quoted extracts in individual photo descriptions.
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- Grid Square
- SE1737, 227 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Stephen Craven (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 4 April, 2021 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Saturday, 8 May, 2021
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SE 1764 3792 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:50.2342N 1:44.0055W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SE 1765 3792
- View Direction
- West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
