Discussion Group: The History of the Bradford on Avon Fire Brigade

BoA Fire Brigade 1897

Wednesday 4th October,  7:30pm, Library Meeting Room

In October’s Discussion Group, our Hon. Curator, Roger Clark, will talk about the history of the Bradford on Avon Fire Brigade.  The Museum holds a collection of items and photographs from the Fire Brigade through the ages, and it promises to be an interesting evening.

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The Bradford Manor Charter of 1001

Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

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A copy of the grant by King Æthelred II gives details of the boundary of the manor in 1001

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The letter ð in the Anglo Saxon text represents a voiced “th”, as in “this”

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The Bradford Hundred

The Bradford Hundred

A Hundred was the administrative division below that of the Shire, or County. The name was probably originally related to the area of land nominally required to support a hundred eligible families. Hundreds and Shires came into being in the Saxon period, perhaps as early as the 7th century.

The Bradford Hundred Court was held by the Abbess of Shaftesbury, but was in fact presided over...

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Bradford Hundred Timeline

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Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

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c2000 BC: Early Bronze Age burial at Jugs Grave, Inwood

7th century BC: Early Iron Age Budbury hilfort

late 3rd century: Bradford and Atworth Roman villas built

652: King Cenwalh fought at Bradanforda be Afne

705: A monastery at Bradford...

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