Place:Bradley (near Sedgley), Staffordshire, England

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NameBradley (near Sedgley)
Alt namesBrierleysource: Wikipedia
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.5528°N 2.0752°W
Located inStaffordshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inWest Midlands, England     (1974 - )
See alsoSedgley, Staffordshire, Englandmanor of which it was a part until 1894
Coseley, Staffordshire, Englandurban district in which it was situated 1894-1966
Wolverhampton (metropolitan borough), West Midlands, Englandmetropolitan borough in which it has been located since 1966
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Bradley was originally a village in the Manor of Sedgley, Staffordshire where it was also known as Brierley. It is now in the Bilston East ward of the City of Wolverhampton.

From 1894 to 1966 it was part of Coseley Urban District Council until being transferred into the Wolverhampton County Borough as a suburb of Bilston, although a small section of it was transferred into the expanded West Bromwich borough (which in turn merged with Warley in 1974 to become Sandwell) which had also taken over the bulk of neighbouring Tipton and Wednesbury.

Bradley sprang up during the 19th century with several factories and farms surrounded mostly by terraced houses in which the factory and farm workers lived.

The Wednesbury Oak Loop of the Birmingham Canal Navigations winds round the north of the village. This was originally part of the main line of the canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, planned by James Brindley and built between 1768 and 1772. This map shows Bradley, the canal and many coal mine shafts and iron works. A separate canal, the Bradley Branch, terminated at Wednesbury Oak, to the south of Bradley.

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