Place:


Bradley  Leicestershire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bradley like this:

BRADLEY, a hamlet in Holt chapelry, Leicester; 2½ miles N W of Rockingham. A small Augustinian priory was founded here, in the time of King John, by Robert de Bundy; and given, at the dissolution, to Thomas Nevell.

Additional information about this locality is available for Neville Holt

Bradley through time

Bradley is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bradley itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bradley, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25151

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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