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.

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

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