Detail of building in Cheapside, Bradford

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Detail of building in Cheapside, Bradford

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 6 Jun 2008

The plaque at the top has as its central feature a bird that I would assume to be an eagle rather than a pigeon. Around it the words “scribite, scientes, litera, scripta, mamet”. The date is 1871. This was the History and Scientific Institute.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.794858
Longitude
-1.754036