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Bingley
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Also known as Bingley, West Yorkshire

Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is sited on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The town had a population of 18,040 at the 2021 Census.

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Bingley
UK place.civil_parish
Bingley
UK place.country
England
UK place.region
Yorkshire and the Humber
UK place.static_image_name
Damart Mills, Bingley - geograph.org.uk - 5906074.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Damart Mills, Bingley
UK place.population
18,040
UK place.population_ref
(Ward, 2021 census)
UK place.os_grid_reference
SE108389
UK place.post_town
BINGLEY
UK place.postcode_area
BD
UK place.postcode_district
BD16
UK place.dial_code
01274
UK place.constituency_westminster
Shipley
UK place.councillor1
Marcus Dearden
UK place.party1
independent
UK place.councillor2
Joe Wheatley
UK place.party2
independent

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21 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Founding
  • Normans
  • Medieval
  • Tudors
  • Industrial Revolution
  • Post-industrial
  • Criminal
  • Road history
  • Post-relief road Bingley
  • Governance
  • Councillors
  • Transport
  • Climate
  • Education
  • Media
  • Culture
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Bingley is a market town and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is sited on the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The town had a population of 18,040 at the 2021 Census.

==History== In 1775, a farmer near Bingley discovered a chest of silver coins, of which some dated to the rule of Julius Caesar, on his land.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bingley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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