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Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels

England
List entry 1012501
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012501
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.56 hectares
Grid reference
SD 53082 17191
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bradley Hall is a moated site with associated fishponds and connecting channels located in Lancashire, England. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents a domestic settlement of considerable status, as evidenced by the presence of the moat which typically indicates a residence of some social standing. The fishponds and their connecting channels suggest an organized approach to resource management and food production characteristic of medieval manorial estates. The physical remains, preserved as earthworks, provide archaeological evidence of the layout and organisation of a medieval landholding in northwest England.

Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012501. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels?

Bradley Hall is a moated site with associated fishponds and connecting channels located in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012501.

Who is responsible for protecting Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels?

Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012501.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ingrave Farm moated site, moated site 100m W of Ingrave Farm and connecting channel, Eccleston (2.1 km), Croston Town Bridge (4.3 km), Moated site of Clayton Hall, adjacent fishponds and channels (5.9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ingrave Farm moated site, moated site 100m W of Ingrave Farm and connecting channel, Eccleston
2.1 km
Croston Town Bridge
4.3 km
Moated site of Clayton Hall, adjacent fishponds and channels
5.9 km
Boar's Den bowl barrow
6.2 km
Moated site and two fishponds south of Manor House Farm
7.6 km
Market cross in the marketplace to the west of St Wilfrid's Church, Standish
7.7 km
Cross base on Green Lane 300m north of Strickland House Farm, Standish
8.2 km
Cross base at the junction of Standish Green Lane, Standish Wood Lane and Beech Walk, 200m NNW of Strickland House Farm, Standish
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels

Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Bradley Hall, moated site, fishponds and connecting channels

Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~14.8 miles
Domesday entry for Leyland, Cheshire →
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