Bradwell, Milton Keynes

Bradwell is an ancient village, and now also the name of a New City grid-square including the old village; it has also given its name to a modern civil parish that is part of Milton Keynes. The village was adjacent to Bradwell Abbey, a Benedictine priory, founded in 1155 and dissolved in about 1540, but the abbey and its immediate environs were always a separate parish. The village name is an Old English language word and means broad spring. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Bradewelle. There is an YHA youth hostel in the village at on the Sustrans National Cycle Network. Civil ParishBradwell also constitutes a civil parish, consisting of the Bradwell village grid square along with Bradwell Abbey, Heelands, Rooksley, and Bradwell Common. The parish had a population of 9, 389 according to the 2001 census. The parish is bounded by the railway line and the A5 to the west, Monks Way to the north, Saxon Street to the east, and the Portway to the south. Sport and LeisureBradwell has a Non-League football team Old Bradwell United F. C. who play at Abbey Road, where there is a large sports field with a cricket pitch and several football pitches. The Old Bradwell Tennis Club is also affiliated to the Bradwell Sports and Social Club which has the use of these facilities. There is also a separate Bradwell Bowls Club which enters competitive teams in the local league.

Bradwell is an ancient village, and now also the name of a New City grid-square including the old village; it has also given its name to a modern civil parish that is part of Milton Keynes. The village was adjacent to Bradwell Abbey, a Benedictine priory, founded in 1155 and dissolved in about 1540, but the abbey and its immediate environs were always a separate parish. The village name is an Old English language word and means broad spring. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as Bradewelle. There is an YHA youth hostel in the village at on the Sustrans National Cycle Network. Civil ParishBradwell also constitutes a civil parish, consisting of the Bradwell village grid square along with Bradwell Abbey, Heelands, Rooksley, and Bradwell Common. The parish had a population of 9, 389 according to the 2001 census. The parish is bounded by the railway line and the A5 to the west, Monks Way to the north, Saxon Street to the east, and the Portway to the south. Sport and LeisureBradwell has a Non-League football team Old Bradwell United F. C. who play at Abbey Road, where there is a large sports field with a cricket pitch and several football pitches. The Old Bradwell Tennis Club is also affiliated to the Bradwell Sports and Social Club which has the use of these facilities. There is also a separate Bradwell Bowls Club which enters competitive teams in the local league.