Tyersal
village in West Yorkshire, England, UK
Tyersal is a village 2 miles (3 km) east of Bradford and 8 miles (13 km) west of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 2,605 according to Bradford Community Statistics Project.
The district is split between both Bradford metropolitan borough and Leeds metropolitan borough, with east Tyersal sitting in the Pudsey ward of Leeds City Council.
History
In 1894 Tyersall became a civil parish, being formed from the part of the parish of Pudsey in the County Borough of Bradford, on 25 March 1898 the parish was abolished and merged with Bradford. Tyersal joined Bradford in 1882 and part of it became part of the Leeds metropolitan district in 1974. Tyersal Hall is a late medieval grade II* listed building.
Shops
On Tyersal Road there are six shops, including a Newsagents, Pharmacy, Cafe, tanning salon and a Takeaway.
Transport
Currently there is the 633 service, operated by First Bradford, which travels between Tyersal Crescent and Shipley Market Square via Bradford Interchange. Additionally, TLC Travel operate the 630 on evenings and Sunday services between Bradford Interchange and Tyersal Crescent. Service 508 from Leeds to Halifax operated also by First Bradford, is every hour along Dick Lane at the bottom of Tyersal.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tyersal” as village in West Yorkshire, England, UK. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in West Yorkshire, England, UK. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7859821. Authority coordinates are 53.790, -1.708. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1894, 1898, 1882 and 1974.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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This entry incorporates text from “Tyersal” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.