Great Bradley

Great Bradley (also known as Bradley Magna^[2]: 148) is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is the "wide clearing". The population is about 400 and includes Little Bradley.

Village sign in Great Bradley

Great Bradley
St Mary's Church, Great Bradley
Great Bradley Location within Suffolk
Population	431 (2011)[1]
District	West Suffolk
Shire county	Suffolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Newmarket
Postcode district	CB8
Dialling code	01440
UK Parliament	West Suffolk
List of places UK England Suffolk 52.15°N 0.433°E / 52.15; 0.433

History

There is evidence that people have lived in and around Great Bradley by the River Stour since the Middle Stone Age over 5,000 years ago.

John Killingworth (d.1617) of Little Bradley (later of Pampisford, etc.) obtained a grant (or confirmation) of Arms on 25 November 1586.^[3] When his father Richard died in October 1586 he requested in his Will that "My body is to be buried in the parish church of Great Bradley. 10 shillings to the said church."^[4]

In the eighteenth century there was an annual fair held in the village on 29 September.^[2]