Bradford is a
hamlet
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in the county of
Cornwall
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, England, UK, 10.3 km north-northeast of the town of
Bodmin, north of the
A30 road
The A30 is a major road in England, running WSW from London to Land's End.
The road has been a principal axis in Britain from the 17th century to early 19th century, as a major coaching route. It used to provide the fastest route from Lond ...
. Bradford is in the valley of the De Lank River on
Bodmin Moor.
[Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186''. 1961] According to the Post Office the 2011 census population was included in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Blisland
Blisland ( kw, Blyslann) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately five miles northeast of Bodmin. According to the UK census 2001, 2001 census, the parish had a populatio ...
.
References
*Philip's Navigator Britain (page 17)
Hamlets in Cornwall
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