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Bradley

Bradley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places throughout England named Bradley from Old English brād ‘broad’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Scottish: habitational name from Braidlie in Roxburghshire. Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Brolcháin ‘descendant of Brolacháin’ a diminutive of the personal name Brólach compare Brawley . This was a learned family.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
BadleyBramleyRadleyBraileyBradneyBarleyCrawleyBailey
From:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts






Plot No. 48

May Bradley 1910 – 1997
Norman Bradley 1909 – 2007

Plot No. 496a

Eric Bradley D.S.M.  1929 - 2007

Plot No. 660

Guy Bradley-Smith 2009
May BRADLEY AG518 - click for full size image
May BRADLEY AG518

Eric BRADLEY Plot 496a - click for full size image
Eric BRADLEY Plot 496a

Guy BRADLEY-SMITH Plot 660 - click for full size image
Guy BRADLEY-SMITH Plot 660

Inscription

Inscription

Inscription

Happy Memories
Of 57 Years
May Bradley
1910 – 1997
Norman Bradley
1909 – 2007

In Loving Memory Of
A Devoted Husband, Father
And Grandfather
Eric Bradley D.S.M.
24th April 1928 - 23rd December 2007

In Loving Memory Of
Guy
Bradley-Smith
A Beloved Son And Brother
Died 10th February 2009
Aged 43 Years
Lift Up Thyne Eyes To The Hills


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Plot No.NameBurial DateAge
496aEric BRADLEY23 Dec 200779
#Hannah BRADLEY12 Nov 182263
48May BRADLEY22 Dec 199787
48Norman BRADLEY-88
#Ann BRADLEY-SMITH17 Aug 202184
660Guy BRADLEY-SMITH10 Feb 200943
Calverley Info comprises an excellent and comprehensive collection of historical and genealogical information pertaining to Nidderdale in Yorkshire. Burial Records may be accessed using the links below and may be searched by holding down Ctrl and pressing F then typing in the Surname to be searched for.
The many other Records contained in Calverley Info may also be Searched similarly and, for a more general enquiry, the Calverley Info has its own Vital Records Database Search [Link]

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Church of St. Thomas a'Becket, Church Lane, Hampsthwaite, Harrogate, HG3 2HB

Bradley

Bradley Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places throughout England named Bradley from Old English brād ‘broad’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Scottish: habitational name from Braidlie in Roxburghshire. Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Brolcháin ‘descendant of Brolacháin’ a diminutive of the personal name Brólach compare Brawley . This was a learned family.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
BadleyBramleyRadleyBraileyBradneyBarleyCrawleyBailey
From:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts