Wibsey

Wibsey (population 14,530 – 2001 UK census) is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, West Yorkshire, England.

It is located on a ridge which runs from the city centre, up to Queensbury, which has been described as one of the highest villages in England.

[8] As a result, the medieval system of strip farming was a feature of Wibsey's landscape until well into the 19th century, much longer than elsewhere in England.

Wibsey ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Labour councillors, Joanne Sharp, Ralph Berry and David Green.

Wibsey was an important market village and hosts its own horse fair every year on 5 October.

Some believe the monks of Kirkstall Abbey began the fair in the 12th or 13th century to provide an income, although the first documentary evidence comes with a reference in a dispute between former Lords, William Rookes and John de Lacy, to the "Revey Cross, sett up and standing at Revey Nabbe" where a fair was held.

[13] This would place the fairground near modern-day Buttershaw estate, where roads entitled "Reevy" exist today.

Wibsey Park Avenue, looking east-north-east
Wibsey Park Lake