Little Bradley is a small village and
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 ...
in the
West Suffolk district, in the county of
Suffolk, England. According to
Eilert Ekwall, the meaning of the village name is "the wide clearing." 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 manus ...
'' records the population of Little Bradley in 1086 (including
Great Bradley) to be 57. It lies in the valley of the
River Stour, north of
Haverhill. The population at the 2011 Census was included in the civil parish of
Great Bradley.
The 11th century Church of All Saints is one of 38 existing
round-tower churches in Suffolk. It is a grade I listed building.
References
External links
Website with photos of Little Bradley a
round-tower church
Villages in Suffolk
Civil parishes in Suffolk
Borough of St Edmundsbury
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