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Description: Welcome to the quaint and historic village of Bradley.
The name Bradley is reported to mean 'broad wood' or 'wide clearing' and dates before the Vikings established the port of Grimsby (originally Grim's by).
The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time).
As you can see from the extract below, Bradley is mentioned (along with Laceby and Scartho) and at that time the highest-ranking official would have probably been Bishop Odo of Bayeux. Odo held land down as far as Kent and was reported to be a tyrant. He was a confidante of William the Conqueror and can be seen advising the King on the Bayeux tapestry.
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