Bradshaw, Greater Manchester
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| Bradshaw shown within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SD735125 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BOLTON |
| Postcode district | BL2 |
| Dialling code | 01204 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Bradshaw is a village of the unparished area of South Turton in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It gives its name to the larger Bradshaw electoral ward, which includes Harwood.Historically a part of Lancashire, Bradshaw lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors.
The toponymy of Bradshaw is derived from the Old English adjective Brad from which our modern word broad is evolved, and the Old English word sceaga – anglicised to shaw – a copse. The two elements together mean a broad copse. In early deeds and documents of the 13th Century the name is spelt Bradeshaye and later Bradshaigh.
Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire from the 12th century until 1974, Bradshaw was a township and chapelry of the ancient parish of Bolton-le-Moors in the Salford Hundred.
In 1837, Bradshaw joined with other townships and civil parishes in the area to form the Bolton Poor Law Union and took joint responsibility for the administration and funding of the Poor Law and building a workhouse. In 1866, Bradshaw was given the status of a civil parish in its own right.
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