Great Bradley Explained

Official Name:Great Bradley
Country:England
Region:East of England
Population:431
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Coordinates:52.15°N 0.433°W
Post Town:Newmarket
Postcode Area:CB
Postcode District:CB8
Dial Code:01440
Constituency Westminster:West Suffolk
Shire District:West Suffolk
Shire County:Suffolk
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Static Image Caption:St Mary's Church, Great Bradley

Great Bradley is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is the "wide clearing". The population is about 400 and includes Little Bradley. There is evidence that people have lived in and around Great Bradley by the River Stour since the Middle Stone Age over 5,000 years ago.

John Killingworth (d.1617) of Little Bradley (later of Pampisford, etc.) obtained a grant (or confirmation) of Arms on 25 November 1586.[2] When his father Richard died in October 1586 he requested in his Will that "My body is to be buried in the parish church of Great Bradley. 10 shillings to the said church."[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011. 21 August 2016. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics.
  2. Dendy, F.W., "The Killingworths" in Archaeologia Aeliana, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3rd series, vol.ii, 1896, p.11.
  3. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Will proved 3 Nov 1586.