Bradley, Derbyshire

Infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 53.009
longitude = -1.666
static_

static_image_caption= Church of All Saints, Bradley.
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Bradley
population =
shire_district = Derbyshire Dales
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town =ASHBOURNE
postcode_district = DE6
postcode_area =DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK225457

Bradley is a parish in Derbyshire just to the east of Ashbourne. Other neighbouring parishes include Hulland and Yeldersley.

The parish church of All Saints is 14th century, with an aisleless nave and chancel, but no tower. There was an 18th century wooden bell-turret, but this has been removed. The bell is attached to the rear wall.

"Hole-in-the-Wall" is a pair of brick tenements dated 1750-51, with a central road arch [Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1986. "The Buildings of England:Derbyshire". pp 104-105. Harmondsworth, Middx. Penguin.] .

History

Bradley was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de FerrersHenry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including Shirley, Aston-on-Trent and Pilsbury.] and being worth twenty shillings"Domesday Book: A Complete Translation". London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.747] .

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 [ [http://dev.hil.unb.ca/Texts/EPD/UNB/view-works.cgi?c=bancroft.1196&pos=2 The Heroical Lover] accessed 25 November 2007]

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