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Bradford (Municipal and parlia- mentary)

a municipal and parlia- 1915. mentary borough and important manumentary borough and important manufacturing town in the W. Riding of Yorkshire, England. The more modern portion has well built streets, and since 1861, most extensive street improvements have been carried out at a cost of about $5,- 000,000. There is a large number of scientific, educational, and charitable institutions, among which are the new technical college, the free grammar school endowed by Charles II., the fever hospital, built at a great cost, and the olent Society. There are several public parks, and an extensive system of waterworks which afford a supply of about 10,000,000 gallons a day. Bradford is the chief seat in England of the spinning and weaving of worsted yarn and the chief seat in England of the spinning woolens. Pop. (1917) 206,338.