Welcome to The Bradford Antiquary
The Bradford Antiquary has been published for over 100 years. The current issue of The Bradford Antiquary (No.85, 2024) can be bought directly from us, we have an order form you can download. The contents of the current issue are given at the bottom of the page. Back copies of some issues are also available, a brief outline of their contents is given on the back issues page.
You can browse the online material in several ways. Either go to one of the three lists of articles where you will find papers, reviews of books and pamphlets, or other articles such as editorials and reports of events of interest to local historians
Alternatively, you could look at the list of authors where you will find links to information about them and their writings. The above information is now limited to the online documents and has not been updated
We have now digitised each series up to and including the edition for 2015. These can be accessed by clicking on the DIGITISED COPIES link right.
There are thirteen PDFfiles available to download. Each file has a number and the years covered. Clicking on the file will bring up a list of the volumes included. downloaded files can be searched Using a PDF reader by using Control F for any word you choose and the pages will be highlighted at the left of the screen. That page can then be checked for your search word.
Contents of the current issue
No.85, 2024:
| Savage South Africa – the Prince, the Lion Skin and the Kidnapped Zulus | Dr Norman D Alvin |
| Bronte Footsteps in Keighley | Gina Birdsall & Angela Speight |
| The Church of England in Wilsden | Astrid Hansen |
| The Landscape of the Mind: Ancient Britons and Bradford Antiquarians on Baildon Moor |
David Pendleton |
| A Serious Misfortune has Occurred: The Bradford Lozenge Poisonings of 1858 |
Christine Alvin |
| The Keighley Mechanics Institute | Colin Neville |
| Jesus in the Temple: The origin of the Bradford Unitarian Church stained glass windows |
Isabel Arnold & Dr Derek Barker |
| Remembering Old Bradford: The Life of William Scruton | Simon Ross Valentine |
| The Federer Collection of Yorkshire Literature | Bob Duckett |
| The Factory Child – A Poetic Battle: Mrs Oastler and the Bard of Airedale | Bob Duckett |
| Bradford City of Culture 1870: The Great Horton Art Treasures and Industrial Exhibition |
Gina Bridgeland |
Book Reviews Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Bronte by Laurie Darley (Alan Duckworth) Sarah Powell 150 Years of Bradford Free Libraries 1872-2022 by Bob Duckett Astrid Hansen The One Hundred and Forty Fifth Annual Report 2024
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