Bradley (Grid reference: SO953952 (http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm?mapAction=gaz&gazName=g&gazString=SO953952)) was originally a village in the Manor of Sedgley, England. This article is about the map grid references in the UK. For the Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... For the area of Sheffield, in England, see Manor, Sheffield. ... Sedgley is a town in the West Midlands of England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...

From 1894 to 1966 it was part of Coseley Urban District Council until being transferred into the Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough as a suburb of Bilston. Bradley sprung up during the 19th century with several factories and farms surrounded by mostly terraced houses in which the factory and farm workers lived. But almost all of Bradley had been redeveloped by the early 1970s, the majority of homes in the area were council-owned. 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... -1... Coseley was originally a village in the ancient manor of Sedgley. ... In British and Irish local government, an urban district is a subdivision of a county that covers an urbanised area. ... Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... Bilston was first mentioned in the Domesday book as a village called Billestune, but it was a largely rural area until the nineteenth century. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... Basic housing provided in Britain by local municipal authorities to families who cannot afford to buy a home in exchange for nominal weekly rents. ...

The Bradley Arm of the Birmingham Canal Navigations winds round the north of the village. This was originally part of the main line of the canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, planned by James Brindley and built between 1768 and 1772. This map from about 1888 (http://www.old-maps.co.uk/oldmaps/large.jsp?easting=395826&northing=295252&countyGridMap=null&countyCode=32) shows Bradley, the canal and many coal mine shafts and iron works. Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals linking Birmingham, England to Wolverhampton and the Black Country. ... James Brindley. ...