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.
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
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 61, Wilkinson, John (1728-1808) retrieved 8 August 2018
52°45′33″N 2°10′43″W / 52.7593°N 2.1787°W
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