Allerton, West Yorkshire
Encyclopedia
Allerton is a former village in Bradford
, West Yorkshire
, England
, now increasingly part of the Bradford conurbation
.
Chellow Dene is a local beauty spot. This is a wooded valley with two Victorian reservoirs and is a haven for local wildlife.
was founded in Allerton in 1949. The company's Allerton factory
closed in 2004 but production continues at the company's Princeville site, also in Bradford.
Bradford
Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, now increasingly part of the Bradford conurbation
Conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area...
.
Chellow Dene is a local beauty spot. This is a wooded valley with two Victorian reservoirs and is a haven for local wildlife.
Manufacturing
Seabrook Potato CrispsSeabrook Potato Crisps
Seabrook Crinkle Cut Potato Crisps are a brand of crisps in the United Kingdom. They are produced in the Northern English city of Bradford and are extremely popular in the north, and distribution is increasing in the south. The company does offer a mail order service, where customers can buy boxes...
was founded in Allerton in 1949. The company's Allerton factory
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
closed in 2004 but production continues at the company's Princeville site, also in Bradford.