- Bradwell, Derbyshire
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.33
longitude= -1.733
official_name= Bradwell
map_type= Derbyshire
population =
shire_district=High Peak
shire_county =Derbyshire
region= East Midlands
constituency_westminster= High Peak
post_town= HOPE VALLEY
postcode_district = S33
postcode_area= S
dial_code= 01433
os_grid_reference=Bradwell is a village in the
Derbyshire Peak District ofEngland . It lies south of the main body of the Hope Valley, but is usually included among its settlements.A few Roman remains have been found in the village, associated with the nearby
Navio [ [http://www.roman-britain.org/places/navio.htm|Navio - romanbritain.org website] ] fort atBrough-on-Noe , including aRoman bath and theGrey Ditch [ [http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/29813.pdf|Magic.gov.uk - Grey ditch earthwork] ]earthwork . The village grew again in the eighteenth century around lead mining.The village is known for its
ice cream -making industry, and for theBagshaw Cave rn [ [http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/scripts/visits/visitshow.php?visit=Bagshaw%20Cavern|Bagshaw Cavern - Cressbrook Multimedia website] ]show cave .Hazelbadge Hall [ [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Tilley/VolumeI/HazlebadgeHall.html|UK & Ireland Genealogy Website] ] lies immediately south of Bradwell.Notable residents
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Samuel Fox , umbrella frame designer, was born here in 1815References
* [http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/towns/bradwell.php Cressbrook Multimedia: Bradwell]
* [http://www.usigs.org/library/books/uk/dby/Bradwell1912/index.html BRADWELL Ancient and Modern. By SETH EVANS, published 1912, G4TIFF page images, plus a badly OCRed HTML attempt. ]
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