Bradley in the Domesday Book (1086)
Bradley appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, entered under the hundred of Appletree in Derbyshire.
Other Settlements in Appletree
- Alkmonton
- Ashe
- Aston
- Barton [Blount]
- Bentley
- Boylestone
- Brailsford
- Bupton
- Clifton
- Doveridge
- Eaton [Dovedale]
- Edlaston
- Ednaston
- Fenton
The Meaning of the Name
The name Bradley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing or glade. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a clearing’.
Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Bradley.
Listed Buildings Near Bradley
Historic England records 14 listed buildings within about a mile of Bradley. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.
Grade II*
- Church of All Saints - 0.57 km
Grade II
- Wayside - 0.38 km
- Mill Dam Farmhouse and attached cottage - 0.44 km
- Churchyard Cross, 10 Yards South of South Door - 0.56 km
- Bradley Hall - 0.6 km
- Brick Garden Retaining Wall to the Hall - 0.6 km
- Water Tower East of Bradley Hall - 0.61 km
- Stable Block at Bradley Hall - 0.63 km
- Old Hall Farmhouse and Attached Barn - 0.8 km
- Crowtrees Farmhouse - 0.83 km
- Barn 20 Yards South West of Yeldersley Old Hall - 0.83 km
- Hole in the Wall - 0.91 km
- Bradley Pastures - 1.18 km
- Barn at the Firs Farm - 1.21 km
Bradley Today
Today Bradley lies within the administrative area of Derbyshire Dales, and the settlement recorded a population of 311 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.
Read more about modern Bradley on Wikipedia .
Nearby Domesday Settlements
Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:
- Yeldersley - 2.2 km SW
- Hulland - 2.8 km NE
- Atlow - 3.0 km N
- Fenton - 3.2 km W
- Sturston Hall and Nether Sturston - 3.2 km W
- Osmaston - 3.6 km SW
Heritage Around Bradley
Photographs of churches, listed buildings and monuments in the vicinity, contributed by volunteers to the Geograph project and reused here under a Creative Commons licence.
© David Stowell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Martyn Glover · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
© Peter Barr · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Images © their respective photographers, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 and reused here with attribution. Photographs depict listed buildings, churches and monuments near this settlement and may show neighbouring villages.
Data derived from the Open Domesday project (opendomesday.org), based on the Domesday Book dataset compiled by Professor J.J.N. Palmer and team. The Domesday Book (1086) is in the public domain.
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