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| Bradeley | |
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  Bradeley Location withinStaffordshire | |
| Population | 5,751 (2011.Ward.Bradeley and Chell Heath)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ8851 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postcode district | ST6 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Bradeley is inStaffordshire, England, in the city ofStoke-on-Trent. It was mentioned in theDomesday Book but became more established as a mining community for the local coal pits inNorton andChatterley Whitfield. A hostel existed on the east side ofChell Heath Road until the 1970s, where incoming miners from different parts of Britain and also overseas would be housed.
There were several farms around the village which gradually sold for development. Some former farmland is now used for sport and recreation.
In the 1960s there were three churches; an Anglican, a Methodist church in Brammer Street and a Primitive Methodist church in Unwin Street. Today there is a new non-denominational church called Emmanuel church on Chell Heath Road, close to the site of the original Church of England church. Nearby is The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
A Co-Op grocery store stood on Moorland View with an attached butchers shop. Moorland View also boasts a public house called The Talbot Inn at the junction with Unwin Street and, at one time, Bradeley Workingmens Club on a site that is awaiting redevelopment. On Unwin Street there was a post office which was eventually transferred to the shop on the corner of Chell Heath Road and Hayes Street but has since been closed; it now serves as a sandwich shop. There were also a number of corner stores selling confectionery, ice cream, etc. A small store is located within theBradeley Village retirement community located on Brammer Street, to serve the residents there.
A public house namedThe Bradeley was built in the 1970s when housing was built and Stratheden Road opened up a link from Bradeley to High Lane and onwards toBurslem.
Bradeley was also known for brickmaking until the early 1970s - the Wilkinson Bros. factory was located at Acreswood, on the west side of the village, where clay was drawn from a pit and high quality bricks made.
David Steele, international English cricketer, was born in Bradeley in 1941.
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