Bradley is a parish in Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

 just to the east of Ashbourne

Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Ashbourne is a small market town in the Derbyshire Dales, England. It has a population of 10,302.The town advertises itself as 'The Gateway to Dovedale'.- Local customs :...

. Other neighbouring parishes include Hulland

Hulland

Hulland is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, adjoining the A517 road.-References:*...

 and Yeldersley

Yeldersley

Yeldersley is a manor mentioned in the Domesday book. It is located near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Today there is Yeldersley Hall. This hamlet had a population of 200 in 1831. It is about south of Ashbourne....

.

The parish church of All Saints

All Saints

All Saints' Day , often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown...

 is 14th century, with an aisleless nave and chancel, but no tower. There was an 18th century wooden bell-turret, but this has been removed. The bell is attached to the rear wall.

Hole-in-the-Wall is a pair of brick tenements dated 1750-51, with a central road arch.

History

Bradley was mentioned in the Domesday book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

 as belonging to Henry de Ferrers

Henry de Ferrers

Henry de Ferrers was a Norman soldier from a noble family who took part in the conquest of England and is believed to have fought at the Battle of Hastings of 1066 and, in consequence, was rewarded with much land in the subdued nation.His elder brother William fell in the battle. William and Henri...

 and being worth twenty shillings.

Notable residents

• Thomas Bancroft
  Thomas Bancroft
  Thomas Bancroft was a minor seventeenth-century poet who wrote a number of poems and epigrams addressed to notable people into which he embedded clever puns.-Life:...
  
  , the seventeenth century poet from Swarkestone
  Swarkestone
  Swarkestone is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England.Swarkestone has a very old village church, a full cricket pitch, the Crewe and Harpur pub, a canal with locks, moorings and canalside tea-rooms...
  
   retired here.

The following lines are by Sir Aston Cockayne

Aston Cockayne

Sir Aston Cockayne, Baronet of Ashbourne was, in his day, a well-known Cavalier and a minor literary figure, now best remembered as a friend of Philip Massinger, John Fletcher, Michael Drayton, Richard Brome, Thomas Randolph, and other writers of his generation.-Biography:Aston Cockayne was the...

and begin a commendation of Bancroft's poem:

From your retir'd abode in Bradley town,

Welcome, my friend, abroad to fair renown.

Nova Atlantis and Eutopia you

Again expose unto the publique view