Baitul Hamd (Bradford)

The Baitul Hamd (English: A Praiseworthy Place) is a mosque located on Leeds Road in Bradford, England. It is one of the oldest mosques of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK. It was formally inaugurated on 2 October 1980 by Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third caliph of the community and can accommodate around 200 worshippers.

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Leeds Road Fever Hospital

The Leeds Road Fever Hospital in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, was a founded in 1867. In 1962, it was one of the hospitals that were quarantined during an epidemic of smallpox in Bradford.

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Holy Trinity Church, Bradford

Holy Trinity Church, Bradford, was an Anglican parish church located in Leeds Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1864–65 to a design by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley at an estimated cost of £3,565 (equivalent to £430,000 in 2023). The church was constructed in stone, its architectural style being Decorated. It had north and south five-bay aisles, and a southeast tower. In 1871 a broach spire was added, the chancel arch was rebuilt, and the tower was underpinned because of subsidence, the architects being Paley and Austin. The church was demolished in 1966, and the parish merged with that of St Clement's.

Shree Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple, Bradford

The Shree Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple in Bradford, West Yorkshire is the largest Hindu temple (mandir) in Northern England. The temple was designed by local Yorkshire architects and built by a local construction company. The temple is faced with Yorkshire stone, and the design modern, reflecting the position of Hindus as part of contemporary Yorkshire society. The temple is unusual in housing most of the major deities revered by the Hindu community, in addition to Lakshmi Narayan, the main deities. This reflects the needs of the Hindu population in the United Kingdom, where temples have to serve all types of Hindus rather than just followers of a specific deity. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited the temple on 24 May 2007, for its official Opening Ceremony.

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Murder of Somaiya Begum

The murder of Somaiya Begum occurred in June 2022 in Bradford, England. Somaiya, a 20-year-old biomedical science student at Leeds Beckett University, was reported missing on 25 June 2022, and her remains were later found near Fitzwilliam Street in Bradford. West Yorkshire Police investigated, leading to the arrest of her uncle, Mohammed Taroos Khan, who was convicted of her murder. In 2023, Khan was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years at Bradford Crown Court, following a trial that included evidence related to family disputes.