Descriptive Sketch of early England home of James and Isabella Walton Burton

Descriptive Sketch of the early places where the Burtons lived

Dent, Hawes and Bradford in Yorkshire ENGLAND

the home place of the

JAMES AND ISABELLA BURTON FAMILY

Dent and Hawes were the ancestorial homes of our Burtons. The family of James and Isabella Burton moved to the industrial city of Bradford to live and find employment.

Bradford, in Yorkshire (the largest County in England), is pleasantly situated at the junction of three beautiful valleys. At the time our Burton ancestors lived there in 1831, the streets were paved and lighted with gas. The houses, mostly of stone and roofed with brown slate found in the neighborhood, were handsome and well-built. The neighborhood abounded with pleasing and picturesque scenery. Bradford derived its name from a Ford on the River Aire.

Bradford was the center of the manufacturing districts, and the people of the city were principally employed in the manufacture of superior woolen cloth, worsted stuffs, cotton goods, and in the spinning of yarns.

Manningham is a township in the northern Parish of Bradford in West Riding of the county of Yorkshire. William refers to "Long Land Street" in Manningham as the residence of his father's family. Rosemond Burton Rushforth gives another address: (this address is not legible on the copy I have - but could say Montgomery Street).

In a letter from mother Isabella to son Robert dated the 27th of August 1849 she gave a different address, in her own script :

On the faded map of Bradford, you can just make out the village of Manningham in the upper left hand corner. These two maps were taken from the 1967 booklet.