Bradmore, Nottinghamshire
Encyclopedia
Bradmore is a village
and civil parish
in the Rushcliffe
district of Nottinghamshire
with a population of 320. It is just to the south of Ruddington
, on the A60
. Nearby places are Keyworth
, Bunny
, Ruddington and Gotham
.
Bunny School and Nursery is a small school of around 80 children from Bunny and Bradmore. Secondary school children go to South Wolds School, in nearby Keyworth. Many young people from Bradmore attend independent schools with Nottingham High, Hollygirt and Loughborough Endowed Schools being popular.
The great fire of Bradmore happened on 2 July 1705 when many of the village cottages along Far Street and Main Street were destroyed. The 300th anniversary of the great fire was celebrated on Saturday 2 July 2005.
Bradmore Methodist Church and Community Hall was extensively modernised in 2003 and is a popular centre for village activities, being also available for private functions. The Methodist Church has services every Sunday at 10:15 as well as a Sunday School (for 5-11s) and Sunday morning youth group (for 11+). The Methodist Church is home to Bradmore Youth Project a youth club for ages 9–16. There are many activities at the community hall including monthly Bradmore lunches, 3Cs Saturday coffee morning, Women's Institute, Yoga classes, Craft group. The church also showed all the 2006 England World Cup matches on a big screen in the hall. There is a strong community spirit in the village.
Some of the old farmhouses were built by Sir Thomas Parkyn, the wrestling Baronet of Bunny Hall.
The church, first built with a square tower in the thirteenth century and with an octagonal spire in the fourteenth century suffered badly in the fire of 1705 and only the tower and spire remained. The church was never rebuilt but a mission hall was built adjoining the tower in 1881, first used for occasional services but later as a men's institute and recreation hall.
The spire was damaged during an earth tremor in 1957 and when this was repaired the opportunity was taken to refurbish the tower room and use it again for Communion services once a month. At the time that the spire was repaired the weather vane was re-gilded.
Between 1705 and 1830 when the Wesleyan Methodist Church was built, there was no regular place of worship in the village. The Methodist Church and the Sunday School Room are in a central position on Farmer Street. Services are held each Sunday, usually at 10.15, and a joint Anglican and Methodist Sunday School has been created for children from Bunny and Bradmore .
Because of the village's position on high ground there were at one time two windmills serving the village. The last one was a post mill at the top of Far Street , built before 1832, derelict in the 1870s and burnt down on November 5, 1880. It had an open trestle and a tailpole.
Although at one time there were two alehouses within the village, the village does not now have a public house.
Two of the village street names have unclear interpretations. Ramper (or Rampart) is of uncertain origin because there is no evidence of any incline or earthworks nearby. Although this name is not recorded on any Ordnance Survey map, it was frequently used in old written records.
Another is Donkey Lane, believed to be a lane where travellers kept their animals when they were in the village. The others are fairly straightforward, Farmer Street, Main Street, Far Street and one recently acquired one, Littlemoor Lane, which was given only in 1996 to a previously unnamed and unadopted road. Newly built housing schemes have been called by the name of the farm that existed before they were built, hence Manor Farm Close.
It is apparent that the village was at one time an entirely self sufficient community. Apart from the farmers, there were 2 butchers, a tailor, a baker, a miller, two saddlers, a wheelwright, a carrier, a blacksmith, a maltster and a joiner, and, of course, the alehouse keepers. There were also stockingers plying their trade in the village for many years.
As part of the village millennium celebrations it was decided to research all the families recorded as having lived in the village, the houses they lived in and the names of the fields they cultivated. This document, which is now many hundreds of pages long, will be deposited in the Nottingham Record Office for the benefit of future historians and those investigating their ancestors.
Some fascinating stories have been discovered. The most poignant is the case of William Barnes or Burn who, on the 7 October 1765, was sentenced to be transported for 7 years to His Majesty’s colonies or plantations in America for obtaining the sum of 6d from John Savage of Bradmore by falsely pretending that he, William Barnes, was lame of his right arm.
The only other misdemeanour by a Bradmore resident that we can find is this extract from Volume 2 of the records of the Borough of Nottingham 1399-1485.
“The Jurors from the east side say, upon their oath, that Ellen Scott of Bradmore, in the County of Nottingham, housewife, on the twelfth day of May, in the twenty-second year of the reign of Edward the Fourth, and upon other days and occasions, commonly and usually, at Nottingham aforesaid, did regrate eggs, butter and cheese brought to the market of the town aforesaid, and did sell them again in the same market, to the dearness and detriment of our said Lord the King’s folk and against his peace”. In other words, she bought the food cheap and sold it dear. There is no record of her punishment.
In partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council and the Countryside Commission, the Parish Council participates in the Parish Paths Partnership scheme. The network of footpaths within the parish have been surveyed and new stiles, signposts and waymark signs have been installed. A leaflet showing these paths is available from various County establishments.
Village
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and civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England. Its council is based in West Bridgford. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging the West Bridgford Urban District, the Bingham Rural District and part of Basford Rural District.-Political representation:The...
district of Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
with a population of 320. It is just to the south of Ruddington
Ruddington
Ruddington is an English village situated five miles south of Nottingham in the Borough of Rushcliffe. It had a population of 6,441 at the 2001 UK census....
, on the A60
A60 road
The A60 is a road linking Loughborough in Leicestershire, England, with Doncaster in South Yorkshire, via Nottingham.It takes the following route:*Loughborough**Rempstone**Costock**Bunny**Ruddington*West Bridgford*Nottingham**Sherwood**Arnold...
. Nearby places are Keyworth
Keyworth
Keyworth is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located about 6 miles southeast of the centre of Nottingham...
, Bunny
Bunny, Nottinghamshire
Bunny is a village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England. The parish has a population of around 600. It is on the A60 south of Nottingham, south of Bradmore and north of Costock.-History:...
, Ruddington and Gotham
Gotham, Nottinghamshire
Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, south of Nottingham and north-east of Kegworth. Gotham has a population of about 1,600. It is administered as part of the Rushcliffe district of Nottingham, and has a parish council....
.
Bunny School and Nursery is a small school of around 80 children from Bunny and Bradmore. Secondary school children go to South Wolds School, in nearby Keyworth. Many young people from Bradmore attend independent schools with Nottingham High, Hollygirt and Loughborough Endowed Schools being popular.
The great fire of Bradmore happened on 2 July 1705 when many of the village cottages along Far Street and Main Street were destroyed. The 300th anniversary of the great fire was celebrated on Saturday 2 July 2005.
Bradmore Methodist Church and Community Hall was extensively modernised in 2003 and is a popular centre for village activities, being also available for private functions. The Methodist Church has services every Sunday at 10:15 as well as a Sunday School (for 5-11s) and Sunday morning youth group (for 11+). The Methodist Church is home to Bradmore Youth Project a youth club for ages 9–16. There are many activities at the community hall including monthly Bradmore lunches, 3Cs Saturday coffee morning, Women's Institute, Yoga classes, Craft group. The church also showed all the 2006 England World Cup matches on a big screen in the hall. There is a strong community spirit in the village.
History
Bradmore is a small village 6 miles South of Nottingham on the A60, Nottingham to Loughborough Road. Until quite recently it was a farming community but now the conversion of farm buildings to private residences has altered the nature of the village and it has become a place to live for people who work in Nottingham and the surrounding areas. Part of the village has been declared a conservation area in order to retain the visual amenities.Some of the old farmhouses were built by Sir Thomas Parkyn, the wrestling Baronet of Bunny Hall.
The church, first built with a square tower in the thirteenth century and with an octagonal spire in the fourteenth century suffered badly in the fire of 1705 and only the tower and spire remained. The church was never rebuilt but a mission hall was built adjoining the tower in 1881, first used for occasional services but later as a men's institute and recreation hall.
The spire was damaged during an earth tremor in 1957 and when this was repaired the opportunity was taken to refurbish the tower room and use it again for Communion services once a month. At the time that the spire was repaired the weather vane was re-gilded.
Between 1705 and 1830 when the Wesleyan Methodist Church was built, there was no regular place of worship in the village. The Methodist Church and the Sunday School Room are in a central position on Farmer Street. Services are held each Sunday, usually at 10.15, and a joint Anglican and Methodist Sunday School has been created for children from Bunny and Bradmore .
Because of the village's position on high ground there were at one time two windmills serving the village. The last one was a post mill at the top of Far Street , built before 1832, derelict in the 1870s and burnt down on November 5, 1880. It had an open trestle and a tailpole.
Although at one time there were two alehouses within the village, the village does not now have a public house.
Two of the village street names have unclear interpretations. Ramper (or Rampart) is of uncertain origin because there is no evidence of any incline or earthworks nearby. Although this name is not recorded on any Ordnance Survey map, it was frequently used in old written records.
Another is Donkey Lane, believed to be a lane where travellers kept their animals when they were in the village. The others are fairly straightforward, Farmer Street, Main Street, Far Street and one recently acquired one, Littlemoor Lane, which was given only in 1996 to a previously unnamed and unadopted road. Newly built housing schemes have been called by the name of the farm that existed before they were built, hence Manor Farm Close.
It is apparent that the village was at one time an entirely self sufficient community. Apart from the farmers, there were 2 butchers, a tailor, a baker, a miller, two saddlers, a wheelwright, a carrier, a blacksmith, a maltster and a joiner, and, of course, the alehouse keepers. There were also stockingers plying their trade in the village for many years.
As part of the village millennium celebrations it was decided to research all the families recorded as having lived in the village, the houses they lived in and the names of the fields they cultivated. This document, which is now many hundreds of pages long, will be deposited in the Nottingham Record Office for the benefit of future historians and those investigating their ancestors.
Some fascinating stories have been discovered. The most poignant is the case of William Barnes or Burn who, on the 7 October 1765, was sentenced to be transported for 7 years to His Majesty’s colonies or plantations in America for obtaining the sum of 6d from John Savage of Bradmore by falsely pretending that he, William Barnes, was lame of his right arm.
The only other misdemeanour by a Bradmore resident that we can find is this extract from Volume 2 of the records of the Borough of Nottingham 1399-1485.
“The Jurors from the east side say, upon their oath, that Ellen Scott of Bradmore, in the County of Nottingham, housewife, on the twelfth day of May, in the twenty-second year of the reign of Edward the Fourth, and upon other days and occasions, commonly and usually, at Nottingham aforesaid, did regrate eggs, butter and cheese brought to the market of the town aforesaid, and did sell them again in the same market, to the dearness and detriment of our said Lord the King’s folk and against his peace”. In other words, she bought the food cheap and sold it dear. There is no record of her punishment.
In partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council and the Countryside Commission, the Parish Council participates in the Parish Paths Partnership scheme. The network of footpaths within the parish have been surveyed and new stiles, signposts and waymark signs have been installed. A leaflet showing these paths is available from various County establishments.