North Bradley
"NORTH BRADLEY, a parish in the hundred of Whorwelsdown, in the county of Wilts, 2 miles to the S. of Trowbridge, its post town. It lies on the confines of Somersetshire, on the east side of the river Frome. A small stream, a branch of the Frome, crosses the parish The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value of £398, in the patronage of the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. There is another church, called Christ Church, erected by Dr. Daubeny, Archdeacon of Salisbury, at the village of Road Hill, the living of which is a perpetual curacy value £159, in the patronage of the vicar. There is also a chapel belonging to the Baptists. The charitable endowments of the parish amount to £123 per annum, consisting chiefly of the income of the asylum for 4 poor persons, and the free school, founded and endowed by Dr. Daubeny."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
North Bradley is 2 miles South of Trowbridge. Grid Ref ST858554. Population 2,477 in 1831, 985 in 1951.
Cemeteries
- St Nicholas, Church Lane, Church of England
Church Records
- North Bradley Baptist Church, Westbury Road, Baptist
- St Nicholas, Church Lane, Church of England
- All Saints, Other, Brokerswood
- Baptist Chapel, Other
- Christchurch, Other
- Food for Thought (Pentecostal Church), Yarnbrook, Other
- Baptist Church, Other, Southwick
- Church of St. Thomas, Other, Southwick
- General Baptist Chapel, Other, Southwick
- Methodist Chapel, Other, Southwick
- Old Baptist Chapel, Other, Southwick
- Providence Baptist Chapel, Other, Southwick
- Chapel, Other, Southwick Court
- Baptist Chapel, Other, Yarnbrook
- Independent Baptist Chapel, Other, Yarnbrook
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Indexes and registers of the parish church of North Bradley, St Nicholas:
- WSRO registers: Chr 1646-1987, Mar 1667-1994, Bur 1667-1945
- BTs before surviving registers for 1603, 1616, 1621-38
- WFHS transcript Chr and Bur 1603-1837
- White Horse Baptisms 1603-1661 (gaps) and 1667-1840
- Wiltshire Index Service Burials 1616-1837
Indexes and registers of North Bradley, Baptist church:
Gazetteers
The transcription of the section for North Bradley from the National Gazetteer (1868).