Bradshaw

Bradshaw

Bradshaw shown within Greater Manchester

OS Grid Reference
SD735125

Metropolitan Borough
Bolton

Metropolitan County
Greater Manchester

Region
North West

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
Bolton South East

Bradshaw is suburb of the unparished area of South Turton , in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

Historically part of Lancashire, it lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors.

History

Bradshaw is famous for its "tower without a church and a church without a tower".

This refers to St. Maxentius's Church in Bradshaw. This church was originally one of the earliest Chapels of Ease for Bolton Parish Church.

The 16th-century tower is all that is left of the original Chapel of Ease.

The present 1872 church building is near, but separate from the tower.

Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire from the 12th century until 1974, Bradshaw was a township (or civil parish) of the ancient Parish of Bolton-le-Moors, in the Salford hundred.

In 1837 Bradshaw joined with other townships (or 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 1894 Bradshaw became part of the Bolton Rural District which took responsibility over matters such as planning, council housing, and playgrounds and cemeteries. The Rural District was dissolved in 1898 and its civil parishes were incorporated into various local authorities. As a result, Bradshaw became part of the Turton Urban District.

Under the Local Government Act 1972, Turton Urban District was abolished in 1974 and was split with the southern part (including Bradshaw) included in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, and the rest remaining in Lancashire as part of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen.