Bradley in the Moors is a village and former
civil parish, now in the parish of
Alton, in the
Staffordshire Moorlands district, in the county of
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
, England. It is situated between the villages of Gallows Green and Great Gate
and consists of no more than eight cottages as well as two farms and a small
B&B cottage. In 1931 the parish had a population of 77. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Alton, part also went to
Croxden
Croxden is a village in the county of Staffordshire, England, south of Alton and north of Uttoxeter. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 255.
The village is the site of Croxden Abbey, founded in 1176 by the Cister ...
.
Musician
Pete McArdle
Peter Joseph McArdle (22 March 1929 – 24 June 1985) was an Irish born long-distance runner who became a U.S. citizen, taking a gold medal for the United States at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil.
Ireland
As a resident of ...
was born on a farm in Bradley in the Moors, before moving to
Birkenhead.
See also
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Listed buildings in Alton, Staffordshire
Alton is a civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It contains 63 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the th ...
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Villages in Staffordshire
Former civil parishes in Staffordshire
Alton, Staffordshire
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