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Situated in the south east of Derbyshire's picturesque Peak District, the ancient village of Bradbourne is five miles north east of Ashbourne, just off the A5056, occupying a commanding position between the valleys of Havenhill Dale and Bradbourne Brook. The village was listed in the Domesday Book as Bradeburn, meaning ‘broad stream' and was in the possession of the Norman nobleman Henry de Ferres. The Parish Church of All Saints is a fine early Norman style edifice built on originally Saxon foundations. Within the churchyard is an exceptionally rare Saxon Cross dating back over a thousand years with a very clear depiction of the Crucifixion. The population of the village has slowly but steadily declined from a high of 210 in 1821 to something approaching 100 today. At the time of the Great War of 1914-1918 this number was in the region of 130 and the writer Arthur Mee (Enchanted Land 1936) wrote that a total of 18 men went from the village to fight for King and Country representing a very large proportion of the able bodied men in this very rural community. There is no war memorial in Bradbourne and nothing to indicate that all their servicemen returned to the peace, tranquillity and beauty of their home in the Dales of their beloved Derbyshire. There is a single Great War Commonwealth war grave in the churchyard to Private Holmes from the nearby village of Aldwark and this has been the focus Remembrance in the past, together with a simple wooden peg in the Church where a wreath is hung each year. The villagers of today are aware that all their forefathers returned safely to Derbyshire making Bradbourne the county's only ‘Thankful Village'. Description by Rod Morris
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Attractions near Bradbourne
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High Peak Trail & Cromford Canal
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Completed in 1794, the Cromford Canal stretched 14.5 miles to Langley Mill joining the Erewash Canal. By 1830 the Cromford and High Peak Railway was opened. The canal now only has water from Cromford to Ambergate. The railway is a walkway and cycle track. |
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Wirksworth Heritage Centre
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The Story of Wirksworth encompasses the history of the town from prehistoric times to the modern day. |
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National Stone Centre
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Admission to our dramatic fifty acre site, on the edge of the Peak District National Park, revealing a fossil tropical seascape 330 million years old, is free. |
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Towns near Bradbourne
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Parwich Tourist Information
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Parwich is an attractive, historic village. Its stone cottages - many dating back over 200 years - are packed into the valley bottom and spread up the lower slopes of the surrounding hills. |
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Tissington Tourist Information
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Kniveton Tourist Information
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Self Catering near Bradbourne
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Haven Hill is a luxurious cottage very carefully converted from one of the 17 century buildings attached to Netherton Hall in the heart of Derbyshires White Peak. Located 1 mile from Carsington Water and 5 minutes from Tissington |
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Willow Bank is a beautiful Derbyshire holiday cottage with spacious accommodation for up to 4 persons. Located in the Derbyshire Dales, part of the Peak District. |
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