Bradley, Derbyshire
Coordinates: 53°00′32″N 1°39′58″W / 53.009°N 1.666°W
| Bradley | |
|---|---|
 Church of All Saints, Bradley. | |
 Bradley parish highlighted within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 313 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK225457 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ASHBOURNE |
| Postcode district | DE6 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
Bradley is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire just to the east of Ashbourne. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 313.[1] Other neighbouring parishes include Hulland and Yeldersley.
History
Bradley was mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 as belonging to Henry de Ferrers,[2] having previously been in the possession of "Aelfric of Bradbourne" and "Leofwin".[3][4] The village is assessed being worth twenty shillings (a fall, having been valued as worth £2 in 1066), and having a taxable value of 1 geld unit.[3][4] The village is recorded as having 17 households: 6 of which were smallholdings.[3]
In 1891 Kelly described the village as "an agricultural parish and picturesque but scattered village" of 2,374 acres.[5] The soil is described as "chiefly gravel and clay", with the main crops grown being hay, wheat, barley, oats and turnips.[5] The population is recorded as 227 and the rateable value of the village given as £2,945.[5]
Village landmarks
All Saints' Church
The village's parish church is dedicated to All Saints.[6] Primarily constructed in the late 14th century, but incorporating some earlier work, it has an unusual layout with an aisleless nave and chancel, and no tower.[6][7]
In 1891 the church was described as "an edifice in the Decorated style of the early 14th century, consists of a small chancel and nave under a single roof, south porch and a wooden turret at the west end containing 3 bells, two of which date from 1722, the tenor being undated".[5]
The 18th century wooden bell-turret has been removed and one of the bells is attached to the rear wall.
The church was substantially renovated in the 19th century.[7] The church contains several graves and monuments belonging to members of the Kniveton, Byrom and Meynell families, who had formerly resided at Bradley Hall opposite the church.[5][6]
Bradley Hall
The original Bradley Hall was sold by Sir Andrew Kniverton who was bankrupted by the English Civil War.[6]
The Old Bradley Hall was demolished by Hugo Meynell in the late 18th century, who built the Hall we currently see.[6] What is known as "Bradley Hall" today was originally built to be part of a stable-block for a new Hall which was never built.[8][9] The stable block was later converted to serve as the residence.[8][9] Additions were made to the Hall in both the 19th and 20th centuries; it is currently protected as Grade II Listed.[8]
The hall was recently listed up for sale with a guide price of £2,900,000.[10]
Hole-in-the-Wall
Hole-in-the-Wall is a pair of brick tenements dated 1750-51, with a central road arch, on the outskirts of the main village. It was formally the entrance gate to the park[6][11]
Primary School
The Church of England primary school was founded in 1873.[6]
Notable residents
- Thomas Bancroft, the seventeenth century poet from Swarkestone retired here.
The following lines are by Sir Aston Cockayne and begin a commendation of Bancroft's poem:
From your retir'd abode in Bradley town,
Welcome, my friend, abroad to fair renown.
Nova Atlantis and Eutopia you
Again expose unto the publique view[1]
- ^ The Heroical Lover accessed 25 November 2007
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ↑ Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Shirley, Aston-on-Trent and Pilsbury.
- 1 2 3 "Bradley". Domesday Map. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- 1 2 Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.747
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kelly (1891). Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland. pp. 54–5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bradley near Ashbourne". Derbyshire UK. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- 1 2 "All Saints Church, Bradley". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Bradley Hall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- 1 2 "Bradley Hall Sales Brochure". Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ↑ "Bradley Hall Sales Catalogue". Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. The Buildings of England:Derbyshire. pp 104-105. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.