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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BRADLEY (North), a tything, a parish, and a subdistrict in Westbury district, Wilts. The tything lies on an affluent of the river Avon, adjacent to the Great Western railway, 2 miles S of Trowbridge; and has a post office under Trowbridge. Real property, £3,917. Pop., 955. Houses, 231.—The parish includes also the tything of Southwick. Acres, 4,036. Real property, £8,628. Pop., 2,196. Houses, 510. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury, Value, £398.* Patron, Winchester College. The church was built in the 12th century, and went recently into decay; and a new one, to be in the early transition style, with chapel and tower in the perpendicular style, was founded in 1862. Road-Hill vicarage is a separate charge. There is a Baptist chapel. An asylum for poor, founded by Archdeacon Daubeny, and a school have £159.-The subdistrict includes also part of Steeple-Ashton parish. Acres, 6,076. Pop., 2,510. Houses, 577.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tything, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | North Bradley AP/CP Bradley SubD Westbury and Whorwellsdown RegD/PLU Wiltshire AncC |
| Place names: | BRADLEY | BRADLEY NORTH | NORTH BRADLEY |
| Place: | North Bradley |
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