As a result of the Local Government Act 1894 Baildon became an Urban District on 1 January 1895 and was then administered by Baildon Urban District Council.

The current city boundaries date from 1 April 1974, when the county borough of Bradford was merged with the borough of Keighley, the urban districts of Baildon, Bingley, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with the Queensbury parts of Queensbury and Shelf Urban District and the parishes of Addingham, and Steeton with Eastburn from Skipton Rural District.

The county borough of Bradford was merged with the Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Cullingworth, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with part of Queensbury and Shelf Urban District and part of Skipton Rural District by the Local Government Act 1972.

Baildon Parish Council does not cover nearby Esholt, part of the Baildon Ward at District level, but includes the area North of the River Aire along Coach Road and Higher Coach Road ( Baildon South West ) which is within the Shipley Ward at District level.

A group of local residents held an open meeting on 7 May 1997 and as a result the Baildon Community Council came into being on 26 June 1997 as a means of communicating local interest to appropriate authorities.

Residents of Baildon went through the appropriate legal process and as a result Baildon Parish Council was formed which held its first full meeting 14 May 2007.

* Baildon Village website Website initiated by Baildon Community Council

* Baildon Parish Council website details and documents related to the activities of Baildon Parish Council.

Former mayors include Gary Baildon, Lex Bell, Ray Stevens, Ern Harley and Sir Bruce Small, who was responsible for the development of many of the canal estates that are now home to thousands of Gold Coast residents.

Its church was the centre of an ancient ecclesiastical parish which comprised the chapelries of Baildon, Bramhope, Burley in Wharfedale, Denton, and Farnley, and the townships of Esholt, Hawksworth, Lindley, Menston, Newall with Clifton, Pool-in-Wharfedale, and Little Timble.

During the industrial revolution, Baildon developed a wool industry, Westgate House was built in 1814 by the Ambler family who were prominent in the wool trade and the warehouse part of the building is now the Suburban Style Bar.

Bradford was particularly affected by this, however Leeds grew as a major administrative and financial centre and Baildon with its rail links to Leeds has become a strategic commuter town.

Baildon was an important location for the British Gypsy community.

However, in 1929 it was revived to raise funds for Baildon Hospital.

Boards of Guardians were formed as a result of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 though the Baildon Local Board of Guardians was formed in 1852.

It was moved to Baildon from Great Warley, Essex in 1905.

The late journalist and Countdown TV game show presenter Richard Whiteley was a native of Baildon

and Austin Mitchell, Labour MP for Great Grimsby since 1977, was actually born in Baildon.

Mountaineer Ian Clough was born in Baildon.

After he was killed on an expedition to the Himalayan mountain Annapurna in 1970, Ian Clough Hall, a meeting-place and arts venue, was established in Baildon in his memory.

Former football goalkeeper Bert Hoyle was also born in Baildon.

Ex-Yorkshire & England cricket captain Brian Close settled in Baildon many years ago but was born in nearby Rawdon.

Whiteley was born in Bradford and spent his childhood in Baildon: his family owned a long-established textile mill, Thomas Whiteley and Co of Eccleshill, which went out of business in the 1960s.

Baildon is an upmarket civil parish and village north of Bradford in Northern England.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, conditions in Bradford deteriorated and poverty and ill health became widespread, Baildon began developing as a commuter town along with neighbouring Shipley and Menston.

Baildon lies to the north east of Bradford, and is linked to Bradford and Shipley by the B6151.

Baildon is 13 miles from Leeds city centre and 5 miles from Bradford city centre.

The village is served by Baildon railway station on the electrified Wharfedale Line with connections to Bradford Forster Square, Leeds and Ilkley.

In the 1960s, Ian and close friend Chris Bonington were known to have practised their climbing techniques on Baildon Bank-a,, ex-quarry rock-face that looks out towards Bradford.

* City of Bradford: Heaton, Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, Eldwick, Baildon and Charlestown, and Birkenshaw

James Theodore Bent was the son of James Bent of Baildon House, near Bradford, Yorkshire, where he was born.

Shipley is composed of the following wards within the City of Bradford: Bingley Rural, Bingley, Shipley, Baildon, Wharfedale and Windhill and Wrose

* Baildon, Henry Bellyse ( ed.

The Baildon ward has a population of 15, 368.

Baildon is known to have been inhabited for many centuries, several cup-and-ring stones on Baildon Moor has show evidence of Bronze Age inhabitation.

Baildon Moor has a number of gritstone outcrops with numerous prehistoric cup and ring marks.

Baildon had two manor houses ; one on Hall Cliffe, the other, in lower Baildon.

A local resident, John Keen, then contacted the so-called King of the Gypsies, Xavier Petulengro, and they re-established large Gypsy gatherings at Baildon, recorded on Pathe News films and shown nationally in cinemas.

However, in the early 1990s travellers used the Bank Holiday loophole to occupy Shipley Glen in Baildon for a weekend festival.

For nearly a quarter of a century the August Bank Holiday weekend saw over 500 Harley-Davidson riders arrive in Baildon as part of the annual UK rally of the Harley-Davidson Riders Club of Great Britain fundraising rally.

In 2003, Harley Davidson's Centenary Year, the HDRCGB hosted the event for the last time in Baildon.

To the north of Baildon lies Baildon Moor, a part of Rombalds Moor, which has several quarries and underlying strata of coal.

Across Baildon Moor is the village of Menston, the town of Ilkley and Ilkley Moor.

Baildon is situated on a hill to the north of the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.