Description
Bradwell, a township and a parish in Derbyshire, under the Peak, 1 mile from Brough station on the M.R., and 2 miles SE of Castleton. There is a post and money order office under Sheffield; telegraph office, Hope. Acreage of township, 2174; population, 837. Most of the inhabitants were originally employed in the lead mines of the district, but since the mines have ceased working, agriculture and quarrying have formed the township's principal employment. There are stone works in the rocks of Bradwell Dale. Near the village is Bagshaw Cavern, which contains numerous chambers, with some remarkable stalactites. Traces of a Roman camp occur at Brough Castle, and. Roman tiles, coins, and other relics have been found there. The parish includes the townships of Abney, Great and Little Hucklow, Grindlow, and Wardlow, and the lordship of Hazlebadge. Population, 1343. The township has a small church in the Perpendicular style, built in 1868, and Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Unitarian chapels. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £220 with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield.
Villages, Hamlets, &c.
Abney, a hamlet in Bradwell parish, Derby, on a tributary of the river Derwent, 4 miles NE of Tideswell, and 7 from Miller's Dale station on the M.R. Acreage, 1350 ; population, 53.
