Bradwell, Milton Keynes

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Bradwell
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Bradwell Windmill - near Bradwell village, though actually in Bradville grid square and Stantonbury parish
Bradwell is located in Milton Keynes
Bradwell
Bradwell
Mapping © OpenStreetMap
Population9,657 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSP835395
Civil parish
  • Bradwell
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMILTON KEYNES
Postcode districtMK13
Dialling code01908
PoliceThames Valley
FireBuckinghamshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
Websitebradwell-pc.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Buckinghamshire
52°03′00″N 0°47′13″W / 52.05°N 0.787°W / 52.05; -0.787Coordinates: 52°03′00″N 0°47′13″W / 52.05°N 0.787°W / 52.05; -0.787

Bradwell is an ancient village and modern district in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It has also given its name to a modern civil parish that is part of the Borough of Milton Keynes.[2] The village was adjacent to Bradwell Abbey, a Benedictine priory, founded in 1155 and dissolved in about 1540, but the abbey and its immediate environs were always a separate ecclesiastical parish.

The village name is an Old English language word and means broad spring.[3] In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Bradewelle.[4]

There is an YHA youth hostel in the village (near the church and Bradwell Bury), at grid reference

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Civil Parish[]

The parish of Bradwell consists of the Bradwell village grid square, along with Bradwell Abbey, Heelands, Rooksley, and Bradwell Common.[2] The parish had a population of 9,657 according to the 2011 census.[1] The parish is bounded by the railway line and the A5 to the west, Monks Way to the north, Portway to the east, and the Dansteed Way to the south.

St. Lawrence's Church is a Grade II*-listed building, dating from the 13th century, and receiving its first vicar in 1223.[5] It is believed to contain the oldest change ringing bells still in use, which were cast in 1297 by Michael de Wymbish of London.[6][7]

Adjoining the sports field is the Bradwell Conservation Area, which is centered on St Lawrence's Field and is administered by the parish council as a nature conservation area.

On Vicarage Road is the Bradwell Memorial Hall, built as the village's war memorial after World War I.

On Primrose Road is King George's Field in memorial to King George V with a children's play area.

Bradwell Bury[]

Bradwell Bury opposite the Youth Hostel is a moated site and the remains of an associated manor house which once formed part of a more extensive monument: it is Scheduled Ancient Monument (number 1011298).[8]

Sport and Leisure[]

Bradwell has a Non-League football team Old Bradwell United F.C. who play at Abbey Road, where there is a large sports field with a cricket pitch and several football pitches. The Old Bradwell Tennis Club is also affiliated to the Bradwell Sports and Social Club which has the use of these facilities.

Bradwell Bowls Club enters competitive teams in the local league.[9]

Rooksley, at the western edge of the parish, has an important Karting track (not in Bradwell parish).

Demography[]

The demography of Bradwell electoral ward is given at UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bradwell ward (1237322025)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics..

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b (Civil Parish) UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bradwell (E04012178)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Contact your Parish, Town or Community Council". Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Key to English place names: Bradwell". Institute for Name-Studies, the University of Nottingham. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Parishes : Bradwell". A History of the County of Buckingham. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 4. 1927. pp. 283–288.
  5. ^ bradwellcommoner (12 November 2017). "Milton Keynes Churches – No 1: St Lawrence Church, Bradwell Village". The View From Bradwell Common. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Bell Ringing". Bradwell Church. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  8. ^ Historic England (4 November 1993). "Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House (1011298)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  9. ^ Bradwell Bowls Club

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