Bradley, Staffordshire

Bradley is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. The population of the Civil Parish at the 2011 census was 513.[1] It is off the A518 road headed out to the villages of Haughton and Gnosall towards Telford.

Not to be confused with Bradley, West Midlands.

Bradley's village hall

Notable people
  • John Wilkinson (1728 – 1808 in Bradley) an English industrialist who pioneered the manufacture of cast iron and the use of cast-iron goods during the Industrial Revolution.[2]
  • Benjamin Broomhall (1829 in Bradley – 1911) a British advocate of foreign missions, administrator of the China Inland Mission, and author
  • Wilf Phillips (1895 in Bradley – 1976) an English footballer who played 292 professional games
  • Bert Williams MBE (1920 in Bradley – 2014) an English international football goalkeeper who played 391 games for Wolves and 21 games for England

See also

References
  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  2. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 61, Wilkinson, John (1728-1808) retrieved 8 August 2018



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