Bradden is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Towcester. According to the 2021 census, Bradden has a population of 150.[1][2]

Bradden
St Michael's Church, Bradden
Bradden is located in Northamptonshire
Bradden
Bradden
Location within Northamptonshire
Population150 (2021 Census)
OS grid referenceSP647483
• London69 miles (111 km)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTowcester
Postcode districtNN12
Dialling code01327
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°07′48″N 1°03′21″W / 52.1300°N 1.0557°W / 52.1300; -1.0557

The village's name means 'Broad Valley'.[3]

Buildings

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The Parish Church is dedicated to St Michael and is 13th century.[4]

There is a Manor House dated 1819 but there was an earlier pre-Reformation house before and the front looks earlier than 1819.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Bradden CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 7 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2021". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  4. ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 118–9. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
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