Editing Bradpole

{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Bradpole
| country = England
| region = South West England
| static_image_name = Holy Trinity Church, Bradpole - geograph.org.uk - 1030039.jpg
| static_image_caption = Holy Trinity Church, Bradpole
| population = 2339
| population_ref = <ref name="ons">{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121039&c=Bradpole&d=16&e=62&g=6418291&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1389433586550&enc=1|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=11 January 2014|title=Neighbourhood Statistics. Area: Bradpole (Parish). Fey Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics}}</ref>
| os_grid_reference = SY480942
| coordinates = {{coord|50.7455|-2.7382|display=inline,title}}
| post_town = BRIDPORT
| postcode_area = DT
| postcode_district = DT6
| dial_code = 01308
| constituency_westminster = [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]]
| civil_parish = [[Bridport]]
| unitary_england = [[Dorset (unitary authority)|Dorset]]
| lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]]
}}

'''Bradpole''' is a village in the [[civil parish]] of [[Bridport]], in south west [[Dorset]], England, in the [[River Brit|Brit valley]], {{convert|1|mi|km}} outside Bridport. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the population of the parish was 2,339.<ref name="ons"/>

In 1651 [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] passed through Bradpole in his [[Escape of Charles II|efforts to evade capture]] after he failed to sail to France from [[Charmouth]] following his defeat at the [[Battle of Worcester]]. An inscribed stone in the south of the parish, where Lee Lane meets the [[A35 road|A35 trunk road]] between Bridport and Dorchester, marks the place where he took a turning off the main road to escape from his pursuers.<ref>{{cite book|title=West Dorset|author=West Dorset District Council|publisher=West Dorset District Council|page=5|year=1982}}</ref>

Bradpole is the birthplace of industrialist and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician [[William Edward Forster]] (1818–1886),<ref>{{cite book|author=Sir Frederick Treves|title=Highways and Byways in Dorset|publisher=Macmillan & Co.|date=1905|page=260|edition=1}}</ref> who was instrumental in bringing through the 1870 [[Elementary Education Act 1870|Elementary Education Act]]. He is commemorated by the village Memorial Hall.<ref name="Hammond">{{cite book|title=Dorset Coast|author=Reginald J W Hammond|publisher=Ward Lock Ltd|year=1979|page=39|isbn=0-7063-5494-X}}</ref>

The parish church was built in 1845, following two previous buildings on the same site. Its communion cup dates from the 16th century.<ref name="Hammond"/> A [[chapel of ease]], [[St Andrew's Church, Bridport|St Andrew's]], was built in 1858-60 and is now redundant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1216450|title=FORMER ST ANDREW'S CHURCH, Bridport - 1216450 &#124; Historic England|website=Historicengland.org.uk|access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>

The civil parish and parish council were abolished with effect from 1 April 2024, with the parish area taken into Bridport, part also went to [[Symondsbury]].<ref>[https://www.lgbce.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/the_dorset_council_reorganisation_of_community_governance_order_no._10_bridport_allington_bothenhampton_and_walditch_bradpole_and_symondsbury_2023.pdf Dorset Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order], accessed 2 May 2024</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Bradpole}}
*[http://www.bradpole.org.uk Official Bradpole Parish Council Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111008150859/http://www.bradpole.org.uk/parishplan.php Bradpole Parish Plan]

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[[Category:Villages in Dorset]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Dorset]]
[[Category:Bridport]]


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