Bradley is a village and civil parish in
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...
just east of
Ashbourne. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 313. Other neighbouring parishes include
Hulland
Hulland is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, adjoining the A517 road. It had a population of 215 according to the 2011 census.
In the 1870s Hulland was described as:
:"Hulland, a village and tw ...
and
Yeldersley.
History
Bradley was mentioned in the
Domesday book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
of 1086 as belonging to
Henry de Ferrers
Henry de Ferrers (died by 1100), magnate and administrator, was a Norman who after the 1066 Norman conquest was awarded extensive lands in England.
Origins
He was the eldest son of Vauquelin de Ferrers and in about 1040 inherited his father's ...
,
[Henry was given a large number of manors in Derbyshire including ]Shirley
Shirley may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë
* ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film
* ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film
* ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bas ...
, Aston-on-Trent
Aston-on-Trent is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district, in the county of Derbyshire, England. The parish had a population of 1,682 at the 2011 Census. It is adjacent to Weston-on-Trent and near Chellaston, very close to th ...
and Pilsbury. having previously been in the possession of "Aelfric of Bradbourne" and "Leofwin".
The village is assessed as being worth twenty shillings (a fall, having been valued as worth £2 in 1066), and having a taxable value of 1 geld unit.
[''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p.747] The village is recorded as having 17 households, 6 of which were smallholdings.
In 1891
Kelly
Kelly may refer to:
Art and entertainment
* Kelly (Kelly Price album)
* Kelly (Andrea Faustini album)
* ''Kelly'' (musical), a 1965 musical by Mark Charlap
* "Kelly" (song), a 2018 single by Kelly Rowland
* ''Kelly'' (film), a 1981 Canadi ...
described the village as "an agricultural parish and picturesque but scattered village" of 2,374 acres.
The soil is described as "chiefly gravel and clay", with the main crops grown being hay, wheat, barley, oats and turnips.
The population is recorded as 227 and the rateable value of the village given as £2,945.
Village landmarks
All Saints' Church
The village's parish church is dedicated to
All Saints.
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.
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".
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.
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.
Bradley Hall
The original Bradley Hall was sold by Sir Andrew Kniverton who was bankrupted by the
English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians (" Roundheads") and Royalists led by Charles I ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of re ...
.
The Old Bradley Hall was demolished by Hugo Meynell in the late 18th century, who built the Hall we currently see.
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.
The stable block was later converted to serve as the residence.
Additions were made to the Hall in both the 19th and 20th centuries; it is currently protected as Grade II Listed.
The hall was recently listed up for sale with a guide price of £2,900,000.
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.
Primary school
The Church of England primary school was founded in 1873.
Notable residents
*
Thomas Bancroft, a 17th-century poet from
Swarkestone
Swarkestone is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 187.
Swarkestone has a very old village church, a full cricket pitch, a plant nursery/ garden centre and re ...
, retired here.
The following lines are by Sir
Aston Cockayne
Sir Aston Cockayne, 1st Baronet (1608–1684) was, in his day, a well-known Cavalier and a minor literary figure, now best remembered as a friend of Philip Massinger, John Fletcher, Michael Drayton, Richard Brome, Thomas Randolph, and other w ...
and begin a commendation of Bancroft's poem:
::From your abode in Bradley town,
::Welcome, my friend, abroad to fair renown.
::Nova Atlantis and Eutopia you
::Again expose unto the publique view
* Major Ernest Clowes, DSO, who served in the second Anglo-Boer War with the Life Guards, and in the Great War. Succeeded by his son John Ernest Clowes who served with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War Two in Greece (Force 133) and Burma (Force 136).
See also
*
Listed buildings in Bradley, Derbyshire
Bradley, Derbyshire, Bradley is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains ten Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of ...
References
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Civil parishes in Derbyshire
Villages in Derbyshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Derbyshire Dales