Great Bradley
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Great Bradley is a village in Suffolk
, England
. According to Eilert Ekwall
the meaning of the village name is the "wide clearing". The Domesday Book
records the population of Great Bradley in 1086 (including Little Bradley
) to be 57. Current population is about 400.
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.
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. According to Eilert Ekwall
Eilert Ekwall
Bror Oscar Eilert Ekwall , known as Eilert Ekwall, was Professor of English at Lund University, Sweden, from 1909 to 1942, and one of the outstanding scholars of the English language of the first half of the 20th century...
the meaning of the village name is the "wide clearing". 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...
records the population of Great Bradley in 1086 (including Little Bradley
Little Bradley
Little Bradley is a small village in Suffolk, England. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is the wide clearing. The Domesday Book records the population of Little Bradley in 1086 to be 57...
) to be 57. Current population is about 400.
There is evidence that people have lived in and around Great Bradley by the River Stour
River Stour, Suffolk
The River Stour is a river in East Anglia, England. It is 76 km long and forms most of the county boundary between Suffolk to the north, and Essex to the south. It rises in eastern Cambridgeshire, passes to the east of Haverhill, through Cavendish, Sudbury and the Dedham Vale, and joins the...
since the middle stone age
Middle Stone Age
The Middle Stone Age was a period of African Prehistory between Early Stone Age and Late Stone Age. It is generally considered to have begun around 280,000 years ago and ended around 50-25,000 years ago. The beginnings of particular MSA stone tools have their origins as far back as 550-500,000...
over 5,000 years ago.