Bradley in 1859

BRADLEY (ALL SAINTS), a parish, in the W. division of the hundred of CUTTLESTONE, union, and S. division of the county, of STAFFORD, 6 miles (N. W.) from Penkridge; containing, with the liberties of Billington and Woollaston, part of Alstone, Brough, and Rule (the three last having been heretofore deemed extra-parochial), and part of Apeton, 649 inhabitants.

The parish comprises by measurement nearly 6000 acres of fertile land, and is situated near the Liverpool and Birmingham railway, and the Grand Trunk canal. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 75; patron and impropriator, Lord Stafford. The church is a neat and substantial structure. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The free grammar school is of early and obscure foundation; the endowment arises from land producing about £130 per annum. 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]