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Place NameBradwell
Place TypeSettlement
ParishBradwell
Grid RefSK1781
HundredEurope
CountyDerbyshire
Electoral DivisionNorth (1832-1885)
High Peak (1885-1915)
West (1918-1986)
High Peak (1987-1999)
Local AuthorityBakewell Rural District Council
Registration DistrictBakewell (1837-2013)
Petty Sessional DivisionBakewell
Chapel-en-le-Frith
County Court DivisionBakewell
UK GSS CodeE04002731 - Derbyshire Dales District (2016)
CountryUnited Kingdom, England
NotesA village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park, situated in a narrow limestone valley south of the Hope Valley in Derbyshire. Bradwell is characterised by traditional stone-built houses clustered along the valley sides and around Bradwell Brook. The village and surrounding area have a long history of lead mining and contain evidence of prehistoric and Roman activity, including the nearby Batham Gate Roman road and the post-Roman Grey Ditch

Formerly township in parish of Hope; Separate parish 1875

Petty Sessional divisions: Bakewell to 1936, Chapel-en-le-Frith from 1936

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