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Maiden Bradley history
Early history
Bradley means a wide clearing or wood; Bradley means Broad (OE) & Ley = clearing . The village takes its name from the leper hospital for maidens founded in the 12th century . 1½ miles southwest of Bradley is the deserted medieval village of Yarnfield, now a farming hamlet .
The Priory in the medieval centuries
By the mid-11th century, Bradley had developed as a large manor . The Domesday Survey assessed it at 4,000 acres (16 km) worth £10 a year . In 1154 he founded an asylum for girls suffering from leprosy . In 1189, the Bishop of Salisbury changed the institution into an Augustinian priory dedicated to St. Mary and St. Lazarus .
Plague during the English Civil War
Eyam was struck by the plague in 1646, and for 10 months no-one was allowed to leave the village . In 1671 smallpox broke out, prompting the cancellation of the October fair and market .
Bradley House
Around 1688 Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet deserted his family home at Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon . He used the money to fund improvements to a new house at Bradley that had been started by his father, the 3rd Baronet . An exceptionally large mansion was completed here in 1710 . It was replaced in 1820 by today’s house which is an eighth of the previous footprint .
Beating the bounds
Beating the bounds is recorded as practised each year in the 18th century . All male residents attended and walked the whole parish boundary . This ensured that by sowing and reaping, taking the natural produce or grazing animals on other peoples’ land, villagers would not commit aggravated trespass .
Early modern
Bradley was built in 1847 and paid for by the Duke of Somerset . In 1851 the population reached its peak at 619 . In 1780 there were three coaching inns in the village . During the First World War, Bradley was used as a military hospital .
20th century
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the village population fell to its lowest in at least 200 years; 328 in 1991 and 335 in 2001 . The Duke of Somerset still lives at Bradley House .
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