In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bradley like this:
BRADLEY, a parish in Ashbourne district, Derby; 2½ miles E by S of Ashbourne r. station. Post Town, Ashbourne. Acres, 2,374. Real property, £3,144. Pop., 253. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a few. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £259.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is ancient and decayed. Gisborne's charities for Bradley and many other places in the county yield £687 a year.
Bradley through time
Bradley is now part of Derbyshire Dales district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derbyshire Dales has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bradley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bradley in Derbyshire Dales | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2345
Date accessed: 19th October 2024
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