Claremont was situated off Great Horton Road, between the Mannville Estate and the cricket ground, which was used by the Bradford Cricket Club (founded in 1836). Sawrey Place is shown, between Horton Lane and Mann Lane. Fritz and Max Delius attended Mr Frankland's schoolrooms here.

St George's Hall, at the time one of the largest public halls in the country, had been opened on Hall Ings in 1853.

The many mills and dyeworks associated with the textile trade are obvious in all parts of the town. The Bradford Canal and the railways, so crucial to the merchants of the town, are clearly shown. After the arrival of the Midland Railway to Bradford in 1846 many Leeds merchants moved to Bradford.

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The development of the area now known as Little Germany had begun between Leeds Road and Church Bank. The monumental warehouses being built by the wealthy European merchants were designed to impress customers and visitors.

Bradford Beck flowing down from Thornton to Aldermanbury had been taken underground through the town centre, because it had become so dirty and smelly from the effluence disgorged into it by the mills along Thornton Road. It eventually emerged again near Northbrook Street off Canal Road.