Bolton and Undercliffe is an electoral ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

City of Bradford

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, England

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Bolton and Undercliffe covers the area east of Bradford Beck, between Shipley

Shipley, West Yorkshire

Shipley is a town in West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, north of Bradford and north-west of Leeds....

 & Wrose

Wrose

Wrose is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, about three miles north of Bradford city centre, and south-east of Shipley. It sits on top of a hillside at a height of around 600 feet above sea level, overlooking the Aire valley and...

 to the north and central Bradford

Bradford

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 to the south. It is a largely urban area

Urban area

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Place-name meanings

Bolton is similar to Bolton, Greater Manchester in meaning; its name is from Old English

Old English language

Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...

bothl/boōl-tun "village with buildings". The name was recorded as Boltetone in 1186.

Undercliffe means "below the cliff", referring to a village below a hill-spur. The name was recorded as Indreclif in 1038.