Bradley is a village and

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in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west from

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and north from

Barnoldby le Beck Barnoldby le Beck is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, It is situated just east of the A18 and is close to the village of Waltham and the town of Grimsby. Etymology The name Barnoldby le Beck has origins in the ...

. Its population recorded in the census for both 2001 and 2011 was 198. Bradley

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listed Anglican

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is dedicated to St. George. Originating in the 12th century, it is of partly Norman origin.Cox, J. Charles (1916) ''Lincolnshire'' p. 78; Methuen & Co. Ltd. Restoration of the

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and installation of electric lighting took place in 1928. The

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dates from 1664. In the early 1930s, there existed a small

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chapel. Poorer children in the parish were educated at a free school at

Laceby Laceby is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A46 road, just outside the western boundary of Grimsby. Laceby's population at the 2001 Census was 2,886, increasing to 3,259 at the 2011 Census. Th ...

, away. Parish occupations included four farmers, a poultry farmer, and a fruit grower.''

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of Lincolnshire'' 1933, p.103 To the south of the village, within the parish boundary, are Bradley Woods ( allegedly haunted) and Dixon Woods which together form a Local Nature Reserve. To the east, within the Grimsby boundary, lies the Bradley Recreation Ground and beyond that the Bradley Park Estate. The land on which these stand was part of Bradley parish until 1928.

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"Parish of Great and Little Coates with Bradley"
Retrieved 4 August 2013 *Bradley Parish Council Website - http://www.bradleyvillagecouncil.org.uk {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Borough of North East Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire