Place:Bradnop and Cawdry, Staffordshire, England

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Bradnop is a village in Staffordshire, England, located just a few miles to the southeast of the market town of Leek. The name Bradnop was first recorded in 1197, and gets its name from the Old English words "bradan", meaning broad, and "hop", meaning enclosed valley. Historically Bradnop was a township of the parish of Leek parish, and later became a civil parish in its own right, with an area 3,568 acres (1,444 hectares).

There is no mention of Cawdry in Wikipedia, but see below.

19th century descriptions

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bradnop from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BRADNOP, a township in Leek parish, Stafford; 2 miles SE by E of Leek. Real property: £4,513. Population: 454. Houses: 85. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in copper-mines."

"CAWDRY, a detached portion of Bradnop township, Leek parish, Stafford; near Leek." [also from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72]

Bradnop and Cawdry was a township in the ancient (ecclesiastical) parish of Leek before it became a civil parish in 1866. In 1934 it lost a significant part of its acreage to the neighbouring civil parishes of Butterton, Heathylee, Onecote and Tittesworth. It is not stated in Wikipedia if the acreage given was calculated before or after 1934.

Research Tips

• Article on Bradnop from The Victoria County History of Staffordshire as provided by the website British History Online. The article covers the manor, economic history (agriculture, mill, trade and industry), local government, churches including non-conformists, education and charities for the poor.