Bradley, West Midlands

Bradley, West Midlands

Infobox UK place|
official_name= Bradley
country= England
region= West Midlands
population=
os_grid_reference= SO959952
latitude= 52.5528
longitude= -2.0752
post_town=
postcode_area=
postcode_district=
dial_code=
constituency_westminster=
metropolitan_borough= Wolverhampton
metropolitan_county= West Midlands

Bradley (Audio|En-uk-Bradley.ogg|pronunciation; IPA|/ˈbreɪdli/ "brade-ley") was originally a village in the Manor of Sedgley, England. Nowadays it is situated in the Bilston East ward of Wolverhampton City Council.

From 1894 to 1966 it was part of Coseley Urban District Council until being transferred into the Wolverhampton County Borough as a suburb of Bilston. Bradley sprung up during the 19th century with several factories and farms surrounded by mostly terraced houses in which the factory and farm workers lived. But almost all of Bradley had been redeveloped by the early 1970s, the majority of homes in the area were council-owned.

The Wednesbury Oak Loop of the Birmingham Canal Navigations winds round the north of the village. This was originally part of the main line of the canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, planned by James Brindley and built between 1768 and 1772. This GBvosi|e=395826|n=295252|cty=32|txt=map from about 1888 shows Bradley, the canal and many coal mine shafts and iron works. A separate canal, the Bradley Branch, terminated at Wednesbury Oak, to the south of Bradley.

People

Goalkeeper Bert Williams was born in Bradley on January 31 1922. He began his career at Walsall FC before a move to Wolves in 1945 after the war. He made his debut at the same time as Johnny Hancocks against Arsenal, a game Wolves won 6-1. In his first season Wolves finished in third place in Division 1. He won an FA Cup medal with Wolves in 1949. He also played for England in the 1950 World Cup. He won a league champions medal with Wolves in the 1953-54 season. In 1957, he retired from football and went on to open a sports shop in Bilston.

Bradley was for several years the home, and the place of death, of John Wilkinson.

Science Fiction writer Hugh Walters was born in Bradley in 1910 and lived in Bilston until his death in 1993.

Bradley is the birthplace and lifelong home of Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston. He is a life peer in the House of Lords and former Member of Parliament.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • West Midlands Area National Union of Students — (WMANUS) is the oldest of the current National Union of Students Areas and operates as a semi autonomous organisation of the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom. WMANUS works with affiliated Students Unions in the West Midlands of… …   Wikipedia

  • Gornal, West Midlands — Coordinates: 52°31′23″N 2°07′26″W / 52.523°N 2.124°W / 52.523; 2.124 …   Wikipedia

  • List of bus routes in the West Midlands county — A map which shows the area these routes operate in. This is a list of all the Network West Midlands bus routes in the West Midlands, England. Contents 1 …   Wikipedia

  • Bradley — steht für: Bradley (Familienname), Personen mit dem Familiennamen Bradley Bradley (Vorname), einen männlichen Vornamen Bradley ist der Name folgender Orte in Großbritannien: Bradley (Derbyshire) Bradley (Gloucestershire) Bradley (Hampshire)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bradley, England — Bradley may refer to several places in England:* Bradley, Derbyshire * Bradley, Gloucestershire * Bradley, Hampshire * Bradley, Lincolnshire * Bradley, North Yorkshire * Bradley, Staffordshire * Bradley, West Midlands * Bradley, West Yorkshire *… …   Wikipedia

  • List of places in the West Midlands — This is a list of cities, towns, villages and other settlements in the ceremonial county ndash; not the region ndash; of West Midlands, England. See the list of places in England for places in other counties.compactTOC NOTOC A* Acocks Green,… …   Wikipedia

  • Bradley — In English, the meaning of the name Bradley from a surname and place name based on the Old English words for broad clearing, broad wood and beard.It is also an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic name O’Brolachán (also O’Brallaghan) from County… …   Wikipedia

  • Bradley railway station — was a small intermediate station on the Great Western Railway s Birmingham Snow Hill Wolverhampton Low Level Line. It was opened as Bradley and Moxley in 1862 and served both of these small communities in the West Midlands. It closed in 1915,… …   Wikipedia

  • Bradley Lane tram stop — is a tram stop in Bradley near Wolverhampton in the Black Country, England. It was opened on 31 May 1999 and is situated on Midland Metro Line 1.The site is located on the exact border of Walsall Wolverhampton and serves the areas of Moxley… …   Wikipedia

  • Bradley Green, Worcestershire — infobox UK place country = England static static image caption= latitude= longitude= official name=Bradley Green population = shire district= shire county = Worcestershire region= West Midlands constituency westminster= post town= postcode… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”