Great Bradley (also known as Bradley MagnaJohn Blatchly, John Kirby's Suffolk: His Maps and Roadbooks (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2004) ) is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is the "wide clearing". The population is about 400 and includes Little Bradley.
History There is evidence that people have lived in and around Great Bradley by the River Stour since the Middle Stone Age over 5,000 years ago.
John Killingworth (d.1617) of Little Bradley (later of Pampisford, etc.) obtained a grant (or confirmation) of Arms on 25 November 1586.Dendy, F.W. 1906. "The Killingworths of Killingworth" in Archaeologia Aeliana, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3rd series, vol.ii,, p.10. When his father Richard died in October 1586 he requested in his Will that "My body is to be buried in the parish church of Great Bradley. 10 shillings to the said church."Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Will proved 3 Nov 1586.
In the eighteenth century there was an annual fair held in the village on 29 September.
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External links
Great Bradley Village Website Great Bradley Village Facebook Group