A Bradford man's love of his county has helped him unveil some of the city's heritage - and a forgotten saint's feast day.

David Oyston's registration plate S1 THA - "sitha", a Yorkshire dialectal phrase which means "look here" - invites remarks and tooting horns wherever he goes.

And since driving around in his Nissan Micra with his unique registration, the 64-year-old has gleaned more information about the word "sitha" and details about the city's history.

"I'm extremely proud of coming from Bradford and Yorkshire, and in a way I'm shouting it from the roof tops," said Mr Oyston, of Gilstead, Bingley.

He found out St Sitha's feast day is today, April 27, and she had connections with Bradford. A chapel and a cafe were dedicated to her in Ivegate.

Mr Oyston, a retired machine operator at Shipley company Herbert Walker and Son, was born and bred in Bradford but said he could not recall the chapel or the cafe.

He paid £2,600 for the plate in 1999, he said.

An Odd Corners of Bradford column in the Telegraph & Argus from 1958 confirmed there was a "wayside shrine" to the saint which was put up in about 1466 near Ive Bridge, which crossed the Bradford Beck near the bottom of Ivegate.