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| Bradford Metropolitan District Council – One Adoption West Yorkshire |
| Address: |
| PO Box 837
File Access
One Adoption West Yorkshire
Leeds
Yorkshire
LS1 9PZ |
| Telephone: |
| 0113 3783535 |
| Email and Web: |
| | fileaccess@oneadoptionwy.leeds.gov.uk
Bradford Metropolitan District Council – One Adoption West Yorkshire Website |
| Notes: |
| | Record availability continued:
(k) 1899-1952 Registers of adopted children Bradford Union, 1903-1906 various records for cottage homes; (n) 1902-1960 Register (BBD4/14).
Bradford Metropolitan District Council is now part of One Adoption West Yorkshire RAA which was formed in April 2017. |
| Records Held: |
| | (b) Adoption placements, (c) Children received from care, (d) Records received from other bodies, (k) Board of Guardians of the Poor, (n) Cottage homes |
| Availability of Records: |
| (b) (c) Many missing, especially from 1950s or earlier; (b) Bradford SSD 1975 to present - some microfilm and microfiche, later files are paper. Many missing from 1950s; (c) Index cards dating back to 1930s useful in making links to siblings; (d) Bradford Diocesan MW Council 1964-1975. NB. many 1970s adoptions were arranged through other diocesan agencies such as Nth Yorks, Durham and Southwell (now Family Care); |
| Location of Records: |
| Social Services Department hold files for Queensbury area 1 April 1973-1 April 1975. Also has a list of Education Department records for the old West Riding County Council for 1927-1933, 1946-1948, 1953-1957, 1962-1964. Originals are with West Yorkshire Archive Service; (k) (n) West Yorkshire Archive Service. |
| Link to: |
| Bradford Diocesan Moral Welfare Council; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Family Care |
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