Bradwell, Milton Keynes
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 Bradwell Windmill - near Bradwell village, though actually in Bradville grid square and Stantonbury parish |
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| Bradwell shown within Buckinghamshire | |
| Population | 9,657 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP835395 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode district | MK13 |
| Dialling code | 01908 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | bradwell-pc.gov.uk |
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 (since 1967) 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 grid reference SP 831,395 on the Sustrans National Cycle Network.
Bradwell also constitutes a civil parish, consisting of the Bradwell village grid square along with 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 to the west, Monks Way to the north, Saxon Street to the east, and the Portway to the south.
Bradwell has a Non-League football team Old Bradwell United F.C. who play at Abbey Road.
Bradwell has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V.
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