In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorpe like this:

THORPE, a hamlet in Idle chapelry, W. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles NNE of Bradford.

Thorpe through time

Thorpe is now part of BRADFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRADFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thorpe itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorpe, in Bradford and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25516

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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