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High Bradfield is a rural village 6.5 miles (10 km) north-west of the centre of
.The most striking feature of the village is the medieval
The name Bradfield failed to shift during the Great Vowel Shift from Old English to Broadfield, a name with a double emphasis on its broad stretch of open countryside.[2] and the area around the village is predominantly grazing land with dairy and sheep farming dominating. High Bradfield has a sister village, Low Bradfield, which lies less than 0.7 miles (1 km) to the south-west but is lower down in the upper Loxley valley. The two villages are linked by the steep Woodfall Lane.
High Bradfield is in the civil parish of
History
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High Bradfield, which was formerly known as kirkton,
The parish church,
The Enclosure Act of the early 19th century altered the appearance of the countryside around High Bradfield as the profusion of stones in the soil resulted in many small fields in the area. Around the same time many people in the Bradfield area were influenced by the Industrial Revolution and moved to nearby Sheffield to improve their standard of living.[12] The Bradfield Parish workhouse was based in High Bradfield between 1759 and 1847; the building is still there today, standing across the road from the Old Horns pub on Towngate. The building was converted into private houses in the 1870s. Thousands of documents relating to the workhouse were found in a hidden cupboard in one of the houses in the 1950s; these are now in the Bradfield Parish Archives.[11] On Jane Street is the Grade II listed building known as the Old Post Office, built from gritstone with a slate roof in 1835. It was originally an inn called Heaven House or Heaven's Gate and later The Cross Daggers. Later it served as a register office, vestry and school and latterly as a post office; it is now a private dwelling divided into several flats.[13][14]
Present day
The present-day village is still dominated by farming. Church Farm is a large dairy farm which supplies a large amount of milk for the surrounding area. Watt House Farm is also a dairy farm but is unique in that it is the home of the Bradfield Brewery, which is based in a converted barn on the farm. It brews several beers including Farmers Blonde and Pale Ale as well as some seasonal specials.
The Peak District Boundary Walk runs through the village.[16]
References and footnotes
- ^ "Sheffield City Council website". Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ Local place names Bradfield and beyond. Gives translated meaning of name.
- ^ "Bradfield - Village - Visit Peak District". www.visitpeakdistrict.com. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ Eastwood, Jonathan (1862). "Chapter IX: Bradfield Chapelry". History of the Parish of Ecclesfield. London: Bell and Daldy.
- ^ a b c Hunter, Joseph (1819). "The Chapelry of Bradfield". Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York. London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mayor & Jones.
- ^ Armitage, Ella Sophia (1905). "Chapter V. Moated Hillocks.". A key to English antiquities : with special reference to the Sheffield and Rotherham District. London: J.M. Dent.
- ^ a b Addy, Sidney Oldall (1898). "Chapter V: Bailey Hill—The Long Mound—Castle Hill". The Hall of Waltheof, Or, The Early Condition and Settlement of Hallamshire. Sheffield: William Townsend and Son. (wikisource)
- ISBN 0-903485-44-3Page 43 Gives details of Bailey Hill motte-and-bailey and says Castle Hill may have been a look-out post.
- ^ old maps.co.uk at yorkshirehistory.com. Shows Castle Hill marked as “Supposed Saxon encampment“.
- ^ yorkshirehistory.com. Gives details of Castle Hill site.
- ^ a b "Local History". Bradfield Parish Council website. Bradfield Parish Council. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
- ^ A brief guide to Bradfield .. Past and Present. Archived 13 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine Enclosure Act and Industrial Revolution.
- ^ British Listed Buildings Gives some details on Old Post Office.
- ^ Information board in High Bradfield Gives details of Old Post Office and Work House history.
- ^ Bradfield Brewery website. Gives details of brewery.
- ISBN 978-1909461536.
External links
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SK268924, OS grid location