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	Bradninch from Castle Hill. St Disen's Church is to the left
	Bradninch Location within Devon
Population	2,165 (2021 census)
OS grid reference	SS9903
District	Mid Devon;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EXETER
Postcode district	EX5
Dialling code	01392
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Central Devon;
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Bradninch is a small town, civil parish and manor in Devon, England, lying about 3 miles (5 km) south of Cullompton. Much of the surrounding farmland belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall. There is an electoral ward with the same name, which since May 2023 comprises the entire parish.^[2] The population was 2,165 in 2021.^[1]

In 2012, in research of 2,400 postcodes in England and Wales which took into account 60 separate factors of interest to young families, Bradninch was found to be the fifteenth most family friendly location in the country.^[3]

The town is twinned with Landunvez in Brittany and Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

Toponymy

The place-name 'Bradninch' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as 'Bradenese'; the name is thought to mean 'broad oak'^[4] or 'broad ash'.^[5] Seventy-nine different spellings of the name of the town have been recorded.^[6]

History

Anglo-Saxon

Bradninch dates back to before the 7th century and at some time there was almost certainly a Norman or Anglo-Saxon fortress on Castle Hill. There are no physical remains, and no known primary documentary references, but the likely site was surrounded by a number of 'castle' field names on the tithe map. It would have been unusual for Bradninch not to have had a castle given its status in the medieval period.

Norman

Bradninch was the caput of the feudal barony of Bradninch granted by William the Conqueror (1066–1087) to William Capra, who is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as holding this manor. The barony escheated to the crown and King Henry I (1100–1135) granted it to William I de Tracy (d.circa 1136). He left one daughter and sole-heiress Grace de Tracy who married John de Sudeley,^[7] They had two children: Ralph de Sudeley (d. 1192), the eldest, who became his father's heir, and Sir William II "de Tracy" (d. post 1172), who inherited his mother's barony of Bradninch and assumed her family name in lieu of his patronymic.^[7] He married Hawise de Born and had a son William III de Tracy (d. pre-1194),^[7] one of the four knights who assassinated Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in December 1170.

The value of Bradninch

Following the execution of King Charles I in 1649, an Act of Parliament was passed which allowed the sale of the feudal barony of Bradninch (or "honour of Bradninch") together with its caput, namely the manor of Bradninch, together with the borough of Bradninch, and on 24 March 1650 all were sold for the sum of £19,517 11 shillings 10 1/4 pence to Thomas Sanders and John Gorges as trustees for the new Commonwealth. The feudal barony and manor were returned to the Dukedom of Cornwall following the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660^[8] although the feudal element of the holding was effectively extinguished at about the same time by the Tenures Abolition Act 1660.

William, Prince of Wales as the present Duke of Cornwall, remains the nominal lord of the manor of Bradninch, and the theoretical feudal baron of Bradninch, and the Duchy of Cornwall continues to own much of the land within the parish.

Later history

The town was largely destroyed in a fire in 1666 (the same year as the Great Fire of London).

Bradninch lost its borough status in 1886 under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act.^[9] The property of the corporation, including Bradninch Guildhall, has since been vested in the Bradninch Town Trust, which is a separate organisation to the town council, though four of its nine trustees are appointed by the town council.^[10]

Notable buildings

Notable buildings in the town include Bradninch Guildhall (on which the Bradninch Eagle is depicted), The Castle (public house), the Manor House, Earlsland House, Comfort House, and the parish church. A large part of the town is covered by a conservation area, first designated in 1973.^[11]

St Disen's Church

The 15th-century church is dedicated to St Disen (a unique dedication in the British Isles) who is considered to have been an Irish missionary saint.^[12] Previously this church was dedicated to St Denis or St Dionysius. Some confusion has arisen with some believing the attribution to St Disen to have been a romantic invention of one of the 19th-century vicars of the parish, Rev. Mr. Croslegh.^[13] The church possesses a finely decorated screen; in the panels at the screen's base are nearly 50 paintings of saints and biblical scenes. Another screen in the church is simpler, with panels of various saints, including an unusual one of St Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata.

Bradninch Manor House

The surviving grade I listed^[14] manor house is situated on the north side of Parsonage Lane, to the immediate east of the town. It was built in 1553^[15] by Peter Sainthill (c.1524-1571), MP, Recorder of Bradninch and Deputy Steward to the Duke of Cornwall of the manor of Bradninch.^[16] It was the scene of Peter's Banquet or The Cavalier in the Dumps, a Puritan satirical verse written circa 1645,^[17] describing a banquet held there during the Civil War for his soldiers by Captain Peter Sainthill (1593–1648), MP, grandson of the builder. One of the verses is as follows:

Peter, their Captain, for to try

If good King Charles they'd stand by,

Prepared a Banquet at his hall,

And there invited one and all

To eat, and drink, and for to sing

"God bless the cause! God bless the King!"

The present structure represents only half of the original "H-shaped" building.^[15] During World War II it served as a home for evacuees from Duchy-owned properties in London. Immediately after the War, in the late 1940s it served as a boarding school for very young children.^[18] Many of the original fittings of some of the 17th century rooms were removed illegally by the then owners in 1980,^[19] but the magnificently decorated Job Room survives in its original Jacobean form, and is comparable to a similar room with internal porch at nearby Bradfield House, Uffculme.^[20]^[21]

Political representation

The parish is divided between two wards, called Town and Rural, which respectively elect 11 and 1 councillors to the town council.^[22] Town ward includes Hele.^[23] The town council comprises all 12 parish councillors, one of which is elected by the council to be the town mayor, and there is also an appointed town clerk.^[24]

The entire parish of Bradninch lies within the Cullompton & Bradninch electoral division of Devon County Council.^[25]

Since its creation at the 2010 general election, Central Devon has returned a Conservative Member of Parliament, Mel Stride; Town ward falls within this constituency of Central Devon, whilst the Rural ward falls within the constituency of Honiton and Sidmouth.^[25]

Population

The 2021 census recorded the population of the town settlement as 1,824.^[26] The census recorded the population of Town ward as 2,002^[23] and the population of the parish as 2,165.^[1]

The 2012 population estimate for the parish was 2,222.^[27] The 2013 population estimate for the parish was 2,366.^[27] According to the Office for National Statistics Bradninch ward had a population of 1,775 in April 2001.^[28]

In 1887, according to John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, the population was 1,705.

In 1851 the population was 1,834.^[29]

Transport

To the east of the town runs the Culm Valley, along which the M5 motorway and the Bristol–Exeter railway line pass. The town used to be served by the Hele & Bradninch railway station at Hele, located on that line, which is now closed. Today, the nearest railway stations – all approximately 9 miles distant – are Tiverton Parkway, which is on Great Western Railway's London Paddington to Penzance route, and Pinhoe, Cranbrook and Whimple, all of which are on South Western Railway's London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids route.

Stagecoach South West bus route 1 provides a regular public transport service to and through the town, and connects Bradninch with Exeter, Cullompton, Uffculme and Tiverton.

Books about Bradninch

The best known book about the town is by Charles Croslegh. He became vicar of Bradninch in 1897 and wrote a 360-page history of the town entitled "Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish".

Other books have been written about the history of Bradninch and Hele by Anthony Taylor and by Paddy Nash.^[30]

Royal connections

The Bradninch 'eagle' seal – an eagle displayed sable on a shield argent – was given to the burgesses of the town in about 1120 by the illegitimate son of Henry I, Arthur Reginald (Earl of Cornwall and Lord of Bradninch), when, by his letters patent, he incorporated the town and borough of Bradninch.^[8]

In 1337 King Edward III bestowed the first English dukedom on his eldest son, also called Edward (and later known as 'The Black Prince'), naming him the Duke of Cornwall and Baron of Bradninch. Since then, the Monarch's eldest son has been the Lord of the Manor of Bradninch. The Prince of Wales, Prince William, currently holds the title. Much of the farmland around the town still belongs to his Duchy of Cornwall estate. In July 2016, Charles, at the time the Duke of Cornwall, visited Bradninch to inspect a new "affordable housing" development built in partnership by the Duchy and the Guinness Trust.^[31]

Notoriety

Bradninch, although not the last,^[32] was one of the last towns in England to punish someone by placing them in stocks. On 2 November 1866 Cornelius Pippet, a cooper was convicted of drunkenness and placed in stocks for 6 hours.^[33] The stocks are part of the town's historical memorabilia kept in Bradninch Guildhall.^[34]

It was in Bradninch, in 1702, that George Boone III, grandfather of the American pioneer Daniel Boone, joined the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).^[35] Daniel Boone's father, Squire Boone (1696–1765), immigrated to colonial Pennsylvania from Bradninch sometime around 1712.^[36]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bradninch (Parish, United Kingdom)". www.citypopulation.de.
^ LGBCE Mid-Devon
^ "Family Friendly Hotspots 2012". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
^ Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 58.
^ Illustrations of Devon's History, R.R. Sellman, p23
^ Croslegh, Charles – Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish, p343
^ ^a ^b ^c Sanders, I.J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p.20, Bradninch
^ ^a ^b General Report to the King in Council from the Honorable Board of Commissioners on The Public Records: March 1831. 1837.
^ "Municipal Corporations Act, 1883" (PDF).
^ Bradninch Town Trust
^ Mid Devon District Council Conservation areas
^ "St Disen's". Retrieved 5 October 2012.
^ N. Orme, English Church Dedications, p. 53
^ Listed building text
^ ^a ^b Pevsner, p.201
^ History of Parliament biography [1]
^ Quoted in full in Sainthill, Richard, Olla Podrida, pp.300-306 [2]; see full text on Wikisource s:Peter's Banquet, or, The Cavalier in the Dumps
^ "Historic Buildings".
^ Listed building text
^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.201
^ See photo c.1949 of Job Room
^ Mid Devon District Council Community Governance Review (CGR) 2022 Final Report
^ ^a ^b "Bradninch (Ward, United Kingdom)". www.citypopulation.de.
^ Bradninch Town Council About us
^ ^a ^b Ordnance Survey Election maps
^ "Bradninch (Devon, South West England, United Kingdom)". www.citypopulation.de.
^ ^a ^b "PPSA population estimates of Mid Devon parishes". Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
^ "Key Figures for 2001 Census". Office for National Statistics. 1 April 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
^ "Census statistics 1801–2001 Devon parishes B." Devon Libraries Local Studies Service. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
^ "Books on Hele and Bradninch". Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ Sunday Express newspaper, 18 July 2016
^ "Revival of the stocks". London Evening Standard. London. 13 June 1872.
^ Croslegh, Charles – Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish.
^ "Bradninch". Visit Mid Devon. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ [Morgan, Robert. Boone: A Biography. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007; ISBN 978-1-56512-455-4]
^ Lofaro, Michael (2012). Daniel Boone: An American Life. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8131-3462-8.

External links

[parishpop-1] "Bradninch (Parish, United Kingdom)". www.citypopulation.de.

[2] LGBCE Mid-Devon

[3] "Family Friendly Hotspots 2012". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.

[4] Eilert Ekwall, Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 58.

[5] Illustrations of Devon's History, R.R. Sellman, p23

[6] Croslegh, Charles – Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish, p343

[autogenerated20-7] Sanders, I.J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p.20, Bradninch

[google1-8] General Report to the King in Council from the Honorable Board of Commissioners on The Public Records: March 1831. 1837.

[9] "Municipal Corporations Act, 1883" (PDF).

[10] Bradninch Town Trust

[11] Mid Devon District Council Conservation areas

[12] "St Disen's". Retrieved 5 October 2012.

[13] N. Orme, English Church Dedications, p. 53

[14] Listed building text

[Pevsner,_p.201-15] Pevsner, p.201

[16] History of Parliament biography [1]

[17] Quoted in full in Sainthill, Richard, Olla Podrida, pp.300-306 [2]; see full text on Wikisource s:Peter's Banquet, or, The Cavalier in the Dumps

[18] "Historic Buildings".

[19] Listed building text

[20] Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.201

[21] See photo c.1949 of Job Room

[22] Mid Devon District Council Community Governance Review (CGR) 2022 Final Report

[CityPopulationTown-23] "Bradninch (Ward, United Kingdom)". www.citypopulation.de.

[24] Bradninch Town Council About us

[OSmaps-25] Ordnance Survey Election maps

[26] "Bradninch (Devon, South West England, United Kingdom)". www.citypopulation.de.

[devon.gov.uk-27] "PPSA population estimates of Mid Devon parishes". Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.

[28] "Key Figures for 2001 Census". Office for National Statistics. 1 April 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2010.

[29] "Census statistics 1801–2001 Devon parishes B." Devon Libraries Local Studies Service. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.

[30] "Books on Hele and Bradninch". Retrieved 27 December 2012.

[31] Sunday Express newspaper, 18 July 2016

[32] "Revival of the stocks". London Evening Standard. London. 13 June 1872.

[33] Croslegh, Charles – Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish.

[34] "Bradninch". Visit Mid Devon. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[35] [Morgan, Robert. Boone: A Biography. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007; ISBN 978-1-56512-455-4]

[36] Lofaro, Michael (2012). Daniel Boone: An American Life. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8131-3462-8.

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-'''Bradninch''' is a small town and former [[Manorialism|manor]] in Devon, England, lying about {{cvt|3|miles|0}} south of [[Cullompton]]. Much of the surrounding farmland belongs to the [[Duchy of Cornwall]]. There is an [[electoral ward]] with the same name. At the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]] the ward population was 2,041.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/bradninch-e05003510#sthash.6bRnihau.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|access-date=22 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212832/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/bradninch-e05003510#sthash.6bRnihau.dpbs|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+'''Bradninch''' is a small town, [[civil parish]] and [[Manorialism|manor]] in Devon, England, lying about {{cvt|3|miles|0}} south of [[Cullompton]]. Much of the surrounding farmland belongs to the [[Duchy of Cornwall]]. There is an [[Wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] with the same name, which since May 2023 comprises the entire parish.<ref>[https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/mid-devon LGBCE] Mid-Devon</ref> The population was 2,165 in 2021.<ref name=parishpop/>
 In 2012, in research of 2,400 postcodes in England and Wales which took into account 60 separate factors of interest to young families, Bradninch was found to be the fifteenth most family friendly location in the country.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.familyinvestments.co.uk/hotspots/ | title = Family Friendly Hotspots 2012 | access-date = 3 October 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004234002/http://www.familyinvestments.co.uk/hotspots/ | archive-date = 4 October 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
-The town is twinned with [[Landunvez]] in Brittany.
+The town is twinned with [[Landunvez]] in Brittany and [[Downingtown,_Pennsylvania|Downingtown, Pennsylvania]].
 ==Toponymy==
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 ==History==
 ===Anglo-Saxon===
 Bradninch dates back to before the 7th century and at some time there was almost certainly a Norman or Anglo-Saxon fortress on Castle Hill. There are no physical remains, and no known primary documentary references, but the likely site was surrounded by a number of 'castle' field names on the tithe map. It would have been unusual for Bradninch not to have had a castle given its status in the medieval period.
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 ===The value of Bradninch===
-Following the execution of King Charles I in 1649, an Act of Parliament was passed which allowed the sale of the [[feudal barony of Bradninch]] (or "[[Honour (feudal barony)|honour]] of Bradninch") together with its [[caput]], namely the [[Manorialism|manor]] of Bradninch, together with the [[borough]] of Bradninch, and on 24 March 1650 all were sold for the sum of £19,517 11 shillings 10 1/4 pence to Thomas Sanders and John Gorges as trustees for the new [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]]. The feudal barony and manor were returned to the Dukedom of Cornwall following the [[Restoration (1660)|Restoration of the Monarchy]] in 1660<ref name="google1">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XyZDAAAAcAAJ&q=%22borough+of+bradninch%22+eagle&pg=PA434 | title=General Report to the King in Council from the Honorable Board of Commissioners on The Public Records: March 1831| year=1837}}</ref> although the feudal element of the holding was effectively extinguished at about the same time by the [[Tenures Abolition Act 1660]]. Prince William, as the present Duke of Cornwall, remains the nominal [[lord of the manor]] of Bradninch, and the theoretical feudal baron of Bradninch, and continues to own much of the land within the parish. In July 2016, Charles, the then Prince of Wales, visited Bradninch to inspect a new "affordable housing" development built in partnership by the Duchy and the [[Guinness Trust]].<ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/690506/Prince-Charles-Duchess-of-Cornwall-Camilla-visit-South-West-celebration-Jubilee Sunday Express newspaper, 18 July 2016]</ref>
+Following the execution of King Charles I in 1649, an Act of Parliament was passed which allowed the sale of the [[feudal barony of Bradninch]] (or "[[Honour (feudal barony)|honour]] of Bradninch") together with its [[caput]], namely the [[Manorialism|manor]] of Bradninch, together with the [[borough]] of Bradninch, and on 24 March 1650 all were sold for the sum of £19,517 11 shillings 10 1/4 pence to Thomas Sanders and John Gorges as trustees for the new [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]]. The feudal barony and manor were returned to the Dukedom of Cornwall following the [[Restoration (1660)|Restoration of the Monarchy]] in 1660<ref name="google1">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XyZDAAAAcAAJ&q=%22borough+of+bradninch%22+eagle&pg=PA434 | title=General Report to the King in Council from the Honorable Board of Commissioners on The Public Records: March 1831| year=1837}}</ref> although the feudal element of the holding was effectively extinguished at about the same time by the [[Tenures Abolition Act 1660]].
+[[William, Prince of Wales]] as the present [[Duke of Cornwall]], remains the nominal [[lord of the manor]] of Bradninch, and the theoretical feudal baron of Bradninch, and the [[Duchy of Cornwall]] continues to own much of the land within the parish.
-===Later history===
-Bradninch lost its borough status in 1886 under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1883/18/pdfs/ukpga_18830018_en.pdf | title= Municipal Corporations Act, 1883}}</ref>
+===Later history===
 The town was largely destroyed in a fire in 1666 (the same year as the [[Great Fire of London]]).
+Bradninch lost its borough status in 1886 under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1883/18/pdfs/ukpga_18830018_en.pdf | title= Municipal Corporations Act, 1883}}</ref> The property of the corporation, including [[Bradninch Guildhall]], has since been vested in the Bradninch Town Trust, which is a separate organisation to the town council, though four of its nine trustees are appointed by the town council.<ref>[http://bradninch-tc.gov.uk/index.php/bradninch-town-trust Bradninch Town Trust]</ref>
 ==Notable buildings==
-Notable buildings in the town include Bradninch [[wikt:guildhall|Guildhall]] (on which the Bradninch Eagle is depicted), The Castle (public house), The [[Manor House]], Earlsland House, Comfort House, and the [[parish church]].[[File:St Dicen, Bradninch, Devon - East end - geograph.org.uk - 1726163.jpg|thumb|The church interior|alt=|left]]
+Notable buildings in the town include Bradninch Guildhall (on which the Bradninch Eagle is depicted), The Castle (public house), the Manor House, Earlsland House, Comfort House, and the [[parish church]]. A large part of the town is covered by a [[Conservation area (United Kingdom)|conservation area]], first designated in 1973.<ref>[https://www.middevon.gov.uk/residents/planning/conservation/conservation-areas/ Mid Devon District Council] Conservation areas</ref>
+[[File:St Dicen, Bradninch, Devon - East end - geograph.org.uk - 1726163.jpg|thumb|The church interior|alt=|left]]
 ===St Disen's Church===
+The 15th-century church is dedicated to St Disen (a unique dedication in the British Isles) who is considered to have been an Irish missionary saint.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://wikimapia.org/6741974/St-Disen-s-Church | title= St Disen's | access-date= 5 October 2012}}</ref> Previously this church was dedicated to [[Saint Denis of Paris|St Denis]] or [[Dionysius the Areopagite|St Dionysius]]. Some confusion has arisen with some believing the attribution to St Disen to have been a romantic invention of one of the 19th-century vicars of the parish, Rev. Mr. Croslegh.<ref>N. Orme, ''English Church Dedications'', p. 53</ref> The church possesses a finely decorated screen; in the panels at the screen's base are nearly 50 paintings of [[saint]]s and biblical scenes. Another screen in the church is simpler, with panels of various saints, including an unusual one of [[St Francis of Assisi]] receiving the [[stigmata]].
+===Bradninch Manor House===
-The 15th-century church is dedicated to St Disen (a unique dedication in the British Isles) who is considered to have been an Irish missionary saint.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://wikimapia.org/6741974/St-Disen-s-Church | title= St Disen's | access-date= 5 October 2012}}</ref> Previously this church was dedicated to [[Saint Denis of Paris|St Denis]] or [[Dionysius the Areopagite|St Dionysius]], and some confusion has arisen with some believing the attribution to St Disen to have been a romantic invention of one of the 19th-century vicars of the parish, Rev. Mr. Croslegh.<ref>N. Orme, ''English Church Dedications'', p. 53</ref> The church possesses a finely decorated screen; in the panels at the screen's base are nearly 50 paintings of [[saint]]s and biblical scenes. Another screen in the church is simpler, with panels of various saints, including an unusual one of [[St Francis of Assisi]] receiving the [[stigmata]].
+[[File:Bradninch Manor.jpg|thumb|Bradninch Manor – Ancient seat of the Sainthill family]]
+The surviving [[Listed building|grade I listed]]<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101105925-bradninch-manor-bradninch#.WQ9dQ9y1sqc Listed building text]</ref> [[manor house]] is situated on the north side of Parsonage Lane, to the immediate east of the town. It was built in 1553<ref name="Pevsner, p.201">Pevsner, p.201</ref> by [[Peter Sainthill (died 1571)|Peter Sainthill]] (c.1524-1571), MP, Recorder of Bradninch and Deputy Steward to the Duke of Cornwall of the manor of Bradninch.<ref>[[History of Parliament]] biography [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/sainthill-peter-1524-71]</ref> It was the scene of ''Peter's Banquet'' or ''The Cavalier in the Dumps'', a Puritan satirical verse written ''circa'' 1645,<ref>Quoted in full in Sainthill, Richard, ''Olla Podrida'', pp.300-306 [https://archive.org/stream/anollapodridaor01saingoog#page/n435/mode/2up]; see full text on Wikisource [[wikisource:Peter's Banquet, or, The Cavalier in the Dumps|s:Peter's Banquet, or, The Cavalier in the Dumps]]</ref> describing a banquet held there during the [[English Civil War|Civil War]] for his soldiers by Captain [[Peter Sainthill (MP for Tiverton)|Peter Sainthill]] (1593–1648), MP, grandson of the builder. One of the verses is as follows:<br>
-===Bradninch Manor House ===
-[[File:Bradninch Manor.jpg|thumb|562x562px|Bradninch Manor - Ancient seat of the Sainthill family]]
-The surviving [[Listed building|grade I listed]]<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101105925-bradninch-manor-bradninch#.WQ9dQ9y1sqc Listed building text]</ref> [[manor house]] is situated on the north side of Parsonage Lane, to the immediate east of the village. It was built in 1553<ref name="Pevsner, p.201">Pevsner, p.201</ref> by [[Peter Sainthill (died 1571)|Peter Sainthill]] (c.1524-1571), MP, [[Recorder of Bradninch]] and Deputy Steward to the Duke of Cornwall of the manor of Bradninch.<ref>[[History of Parliament]] biography [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/sainthill-peter-1524-71]</ref> It was the scene of ''Peter's Banquet'' or ''The Cavalier in the Dumps'', a Puritan satirical verse written ''circa'' 1645,<ref>Quoted in full in Sainthill, Richard, ''Olla Podrida'', pp.300-306 [https://archive.org/stream/anollapodridaor01saingoog#page/n435/mode/2up]; see full text on Wikisource [[wikisource:Peter's Banquet, or, The Cavalier in the Dumps|s:Peter's Banquet, or, The Cavalier in the Dumps]]</ref> describing a banquet held there during the [[English Civil War|Civil War]] for his soldiers by Captain [[Peter Sainthill]] (1593-1648), MP, grandson of the builder. One of the verses is as follows:<br>
 :Peter, their Captain, for to try
 :If good King Charles they'd stand by,
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 ==Political representation==
+[[File:Bradninch war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2523470.jpg|thumb|[[Bradninch Guildhall]], with the eagle arms displayed, and war memorial.]]
-In the 2010 UK General Election, the new constituency of [[Central Devon]], which includes Bradninch, returned a Conservative Member of Parliament, [[Mel Stride]].
+The parish is divided between two wards, called Town and Rural, which respectively elect 11 and 1 councillors to the [[Town councils in England|town council]].<ref>[https://www.middevon.gov.uk/your-council/consultation-involvement/past-consultations/parish-review-2021-2022/community-governance-review-cgr-2022-final-report/ Mid Devon District Council] Community Governance Review (CGR) 2022 Final Report</ref> Town ward includes [[Hele, Devon|Hele]].<ref name=CityPopulationTown>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/wards/mid_devon/E05003510__bradninch/|title=Bradninch (Ward, United Kingdom)|website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> The town council comprises all 12 parish councillors, one of which is elected by the council to be the town mayor, and there is also an appointed town clerk.<ref>[http://bradninch-tc.gov.uk/index.php/about-us Bradninch Town Council] About us</ref>
-Bradninch lies within the Cullompton Rural ward of [[Devon County Council]] and within the Bradninch ward of [[Mid Devon]] District Council.
+The entire parish of Bradninch lies within the Cullompton & Bradninch electoral division of [[Devon County Council]].<ref name=OSmaps>[https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ Ordnance Survey] Election maps</ref>
+Since its creation at the 2010 general election, [[Central Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Devon]] has returned a Conservative Member of Parliament, [[Mel Stride]]; Town ward falls within this constituency of Central Devon, whilst the Rural ward falls within the constituency of [[Honiton and Sidmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Honiton and Sidmouth]].<ref name=OSmaps/>
-== Population ==
+==Population==
-The 2012 population estimate for the town was 2,222.<ref name="devon.gov.uk">{{cite web | url = http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/councildemocracy/improving_our_services/facts_figures_and_statistics/factsandfigures/thepeople/peopleestandproj/peoplepopestimates/peoplefhsamidpar.htm | title = PPSA population estimates of Mid Devon parishes | access-date = 3 October 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406033249/http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/councildemocracy/improving_our_services/facts_figures_and_statistics/factsandfigures/thepeople/peopleestandproj/peoplepopestimates/peoplefhsamidpar.htm | archive-date = 6 April 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
+The [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]] recorded the population of the town settlement as 1,824.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/devon/E34001471__bradninch/|title=Bradninch (Devon, South West England, United Kingdom)|website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref> The census recorded the population of Town ward as 2,002<ref name=CityPopulationTown/> and the population of the parish as 2,165.<ref name=parishpop/>
-The 2013 population estimate for the town was 2,366.<ref name="devon.gov.uk"/>
-According to the [[Office for National Statistics]] Bradninch Ward had a population of 1,775 in April 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=6117976&c=Bradninch&d=14&e=16&g=436481&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1263737876600&enc=1|title=Key Figures for 2001 Census|date=1 April 2001|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>
+The 2012 population estimate for the parish was 2,222.<ref name="devon.gov.uk">{{cite web | url = http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/councildemocracy/improving_our_services/facts_figures_and_statistics/factsandfigures/thepeople/peopleestandproj/peoplepopestimates/peoplefhsamidpar.htm | title = PPSA population estimates of Mid Devon parishes | access-date = 3 October 2012 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406033249/http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/councildemocracy/improving_our_services/facts_figures_and_statistics/factsandfigures/thepeople/peopleestandproj/peoplepopestimates/peoplefhsamidpar.htm | archive-date = 6 April 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
-In 1887, according to John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, the population was 1,705
+The 2013 population estimate for the parish was 2,366.<ref name="devon.gov.uk"/>
+According to the [[Office for National Statistics]] Bradninch ward had a population of 1,775 in April 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=6117976&c=Bradninch&d=14&e=16&g=436481&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1263737876600&enc=1|title=Key Figures for 2001 Census|date=1 April 2001|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>
+In 1887, according to John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, the population was 1,705.
 In 1851 the population was 1,834.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/111873/30.html&s=oqtYyIJB8X1 | publisher= Devon Libraries Local Studies Service | title= Census statistics 1801–2001 Devon parishes B. | access-date= 27 April 2011 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121007234315/http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/111873/30.html%26s%3DoqtYyIJB8X1 | archive-date= 7 October 2012 | df= dmy-all }}</ref>
 ==Transport==
-The town used to be served by the Hele & Bradninch [[Hele and Bradninch railway station|railway station at Hele]], which is now closed. The nearest railway stations – all approximately 9 miles distant – are [[Tiverton Parkway railway station|Tiverton Parkway]] which is on [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway's]] [[Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] to [[Penzance railway station|Penzance]] route and [[Pinhoe railway station|Pinhoe]], [[Cranbrook railway station (Devon)|Cranbrook]] and [[Whimple railway station|Whimple]] all of which are on [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway's']] [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]] to [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter St Davids]] route.
+To the east of the town runs the [[River Culm|Culm Valley]], along which the [[M5 motorway]] and the [[Bristol–Exeter line|Bristol–Exeter railway line]] pass. The town used to be served by the Hele & Bradninch [[Hele and Bradninch railway station|railway station at Hele]], located on that line, which is now closed. Today, the nearest railway stations – all approximately 9 miles distant – are [[Tiverton Parkway railway station|Tiverton Parkway]], which is on [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway's]] [[Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] to [[Penzance railway station|Penzance]] route, and [[Pinhoe railway station|Pinhoe]], [[Cranbrook railway station (Devon)|Cranbrook]] and [[Whimple railway station|Whimple]], all of which are on [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway's]] [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]] to [[Exeter St Davids railway station|Exeter St Davids]] route.
+[[Stagecoach South West]] bus route 1 provides a regular public transport service to and through the town, and connects Bradninch with [[Exeter]], [[Cullompton]], [[Uffculme]] and [[Tiverton, Devon|Tiverton]].
+==Books about Bradninch==
-The only regular public transport through the town is [[Stagecoach South West]] 1/1A/ “Culm Valley Connect" bus service that connects Bradninch with [[Exeter]], [[Cullompton]] and [[Tiverton, Devon|Tiverton]].
+[[File:Bradninch , Church Street - geograph.org.uk - 3910059.jpg|thumb|Church Street]]
+The best known book about the town is by Charles Croslegh. He became vicar of Bradninch in 1897 and wrote a 360-page history of the town entitled  "Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish".
-== Books about Bradninch ==
-The best known book about the town is by Charles Croslegh. He became vicar of Bradninch in 1897 and wrote a 360-page history of the town entitled  "Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish".
 Other books have been written about the history of Bradninch and Hele by Anthony Taylor and by Paddy Nash.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradninch-tc.gov.uk/index.php/bradninch-history/80-books-on-hele-and-bradninch|title=Books on Hele and Bradninch|access-date=27 December 2012}}</ref>
-== Royal connections ==
+==Royal connections==
-The Bradninch 'eagle' seal – an eagle displayed sable on a shield argent – was given to the burgesses of the town in about 1120 by the illegitimate son of Henry 1, Arthur Reginald (Earl of Cornwall and Lord of Bradninch), when, by his letters patent, he incorporated the town and borough of Bradninch.<ref name="google1"/>
+The Bradninch 'eagle' seal – an eagle displayed [[Sable (heraldry)|sable]] on a shield argent – was given to the burgesses of the town in about 1120 by the illegitimate son of Henry I, Arthur Reginald (Earl of Cornwall and Lord of Bradninch), when, by his letters patent, he incorporated the town and borough of Bradninch.<ref name="google1"/>
-In 1337 King Edward III bestowed the first English dukedom on his eldest son, also called Edward, (and later known as 'The Black Prince'), naming him the Duke of Cornwall and Baron of Bradninch. Since then, the Monarch's eldest son has been the Lord of the Manor of Bradninch.  The Prince of Wales, Prince William, currently holds the title.
+In 1337 King Edward III bestowed the first English dukedom on his eldest son, also called Edward (and later known as 'The Black Prince'), naming him the Duke of Cornwall and Baron of Bradninch. Since then, the Monarch's eldest son has been the Lord of the Manor of Bradninch. The Prince of Wales, [[William, Prince of Wales|Prince William]], currently holds the title. Much of the farmland around the town still belongs to his Duchy of Cornwall estate. In July 2016, [[Charles III|Charles]], at the time the Duke of Cornwall, visited Bradninch to inspect a new "affordable housing" development built in partnership by the Duchy and the [[Guinness Trust]].<ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/690506/Prince-Charles-Duchess-of-Cornwall-Camilla-visit-South-West-celebration-Jubilee Sunday Express newspaper, 18 July 2016]</ref>
-Much of the farmland around the town still belongs to his Duchy of Cornwall estate.
 ==Notoriety==
-Bradninch was one of the last towns in England to punish someone by placing them in [[stocks]]. On 2 November 1866 Cornelius Pippet, a cooper was convicted of drunkenness and placed in stocks for 6 hours.<ref>Croslegh, Charles – Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish.</ref> The stocks are part of the town's historical memorabilia kept in the Guildhall.
+Bradninch, although not the last,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=13 June 1872 |title=Revival of the stocks |work=London Evening Standard |location=London}}</ref> was one of the last towns in England to punish someone by placing them in [[stocks]]. On 2 November 1866 Cornelius Pippet, a cooper was convicted of drunkenness and placed in stocks for 6 hours.<ref>Croslegh, Charles – Bradninch, being a short historical sketch of the honor, the manor, the borough, and liberties, and the parish.</ref> The stocks are part of the town's historical memorabilia kept in Bradninch Guildhall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitmiddevon.co.uk/visit-mid-devon-listings/bradninch/|title=Bradninch|publisher=Visit Mid Devon|access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref>
-It was in Bradninch, in 1702, that George Boone III, grandfather of the American [[Settler|pioneer]] [[Daniel Boone]], joined the [[Religious Society of Friends]] (Quakers).<ref>[Morgan, Robert. ''Boone: A Biography''. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007; {{ISBN|978-1-56512-455-4}}]</ref>
+It was in Bradninch, in 1702, that George Boone III, grandfather of the American [[Settler|pioneer]] [[Daniel Boone]], joined the [[Religious Society of Friends]] (Quakers).<ref>[Morgan, Robert. ''Boone: A Biography''. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007; {{ISBN|978-1-56512-455-4}}]</ref> Daniel Boone's father, Squire Boone (1696–1765), immigrated to [[Province of Pennsylvania|colonial Pennsylvania]] from Bradninch sometime around 1712.<ref>{{cite book |last= Lofaro |first= Michael |date= 2012 |title= Daniel Boone: An American Life |location= Lexington, Kentucky |publisher= University Press of Kentucky |isbn= 978-0-8131-3462-8 |page=1}}</ref>
-George Boone's son, Squire Boone, father of Daniel, left England for America in 1717.
-== References ==
+==References==
 {{reflist|2}}
 ==External links==
+{{commons category|Bradninch|Bradninch}}
 * [http://bradninch-tc.gov.uk/ The Bradninch Town Council website]
 * [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Bradninch Entry in GENUKI (UK and Ireland genealogy), including description from the year 1850]

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Exeter^1,2	None
East Devon¹	All Saints Awliscombe Axminster Axmouth Aylesbeare Beer Bicton Brampford Speke Branscombe Broad Clyst Broadhembury Buckerell Budleigh Salterton Chardstock Clyst Honiton Clyst Hydon Clyst St George Clyst St Lawrence Clyst St Mary Colaton Raleigh Colyford Colyton Combe Raleigh Combpyne Rousdon Cotleigh Cranbrook Dalwood Dunkeswell East Budleigh Exmouth Farringdon Farway Feniton Gittisham Hawkchurch Honiton Huxham Kilmington Lands common to Axminster and Kilmington Luppitt Lympstone Membury Monkton Musbury Nether Exe Newton Poppleford and Harpford Northleigh Offwell Otterton Ottery St Mary Payhembury Plymtree Poltimore Rewe Rockbeare Seaton Sheldon Shute Sidmouth Southleigh Sowton Stockland Stoke Canon Talaton Uplyme Upottery Upton Pyne West Hill Whimple Widworthy Woodbury Yarcombe
Mid Devon¹	Bampton Bickleigh Bow Bradninch Brushford Burlescombe Butterleigh Cadbury Cadeleigh Chawleigh Cheriton Bishop Cheriton Fitzpaine Clannaborough Clayhanger Clayhidon Coldridge Colebrooke Copplestone Crediton Crediton Hamlets Cruwys Morchard Cullompton Culmstock Down St Mary Eggesford Halberton Hemyock Hittisleigh Hockworthy Holcombe Rogus Huntsham Kennerleigh Kentisbeare Lapford Loxbeare Morchard Bishop Morebath Newton St Cyres Nymet Rowland Oakford Poughill Puddington Sampford Peverell Sandford Shobrooke Silverton Stockleigh English Stockleigh Pomeroy Stoodleigh Templeton Thelbridge Thorverton Tiverton Uffculme Uplowman Upton Hellions Washfield Washford Pyne Wembworthy Willand Woolfardisworthy Zeal Monachorum
North Devon¹	Arlington Ashford Atherington Barnstaple Berrynarbor Bishop's Nympton Bishop's Tawton Bittadon Bratton Fleming Braunton Brayford Brendon and Countisbury Burrington Challacombe Chittlehamholt Chittlehampton Chulmleigh Combe Martin East and West Buckland East Anstey East Down East Worlington Filleigh Fremington Georgeham George Nympton Goodleigh Heanton Punchardon Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey Ilfracombe Instow Kentisbury King's Nympton Knowstone Landkey Loxhore Lynton and Lynmouth Mariansleigh Martinhoe Marwood Meshaw Molland Mortehoe North Molton Parracombe Pilton West Queen's Nympton Rackenford Romansleigh Rose Ash Satterleigh and Warkleigh Shirwell South Molton Stoke Rivers Swimbridge Tawstock Trentishoe Twitchen West Anstey West Down Westleigh Witheridge
Torridge¹	Abbots Bickington Abbotsham Alverdiscott Alwington Ashreigney Ashwater Beaford Bideford Black Torrington Bradford Bradworthy Bridgerule Broadwoodwidger Buckland Brewer Buckland Filleigh Bulkworthy Clawton Clovelly Cookbury Dolton Dowland East Putford Frithelstock Great Torrington Halwill Hartland High Bickington Hollacombe Holsworthy Holsworthy Hamlets Huish Huntshaw Landcross Langtree Littleham Little Torrington Luffincott Merton Milton Damerel Monkleigh Newton St Petrock Northam Northcott Pancrasweek Parkham Peters Marland Petrockstow Pyworthy Roborough Shebbear Sheepwash St Giles in the Wood St Giles on the Heath Sutcombe Tetcott Thornbury Virginstow Weare Giffard Welcombe West Putford Winkleigh Woolfardisworthy Yarnscombe
West Devon^1,3	Beaworthy Belstone Bere Ferrers Bondleigh Bradstone Bratton Clovelly Brentor Bridestowe Broadwoodkelly Buckland Monachorum Chagford Coryton Dartmoor Forest Drewsteignton Dunterton Exbourne Germansweek Gidleigh Gulworthy Hatherleigh Highampton Horrabridge Iddesleigh Inwardleigh Jacobstowe Kelly Lamerton Lands common to Bridestowe and Sourton Lewtrenchard Lifton Lydford Marystow Mary Tavy Meavy Meeth Milton Abbot Monkokehampton North Tawton Northlew Okehampton Okehampton Hamlets Peter Tavy Sampford Courtenay Sampford Spiney Sheepstor Sourton South Tawton Spreyton Sticklepath Stowford Sydenham Damerel Tavistock Throwleigh Thrushelton Walkhampton Whitchurch
South Hams¹	Ashprington Aveton Gifford Berry Pomeroy Bickleigh Bigbury Blackawton Brixton Buckland-Tout-Saints Charleton Chivelstone Churchstow Cornwood Cornworthy Dartington Dartmouth Dean Prior Diptford Dittisham East Allington East Portlemouth Ermington Frogmore and Sherford Halwell and Moreleigh Harberton Harford Holbeton Holne Ivybridge Kingsbridge Kingston Kingswear Littlehempston Loddiswell Malborough Marldon Modbury Newton and Noss North Huish Rattery Ringmore Salcombe Shaugh Prior Slapton South Brent South Huish South Milton South Pool Sparkwell Staverton Stoke Fleming Stoke Gabriel Stokenham Strete Thurlestone Totnes Ugborough Wembury West Alvington West Buckfastleigh Woodleigh Yealmpton
Teignbridge¹	Abbotskerswell Ashburton Ashcombe Ashton Bickington Bishopsteignton Bovey Tracey Bridford Broadhempston Buckfastleigh Buckland in the Moor Christow Chudleigh Coffinswell Dawlish Denbury and Torbryan Doddiscombsleigh Dunchideock Dunsford Exminster Haccombe with Combe Hennock Holcombe Burnell Ide Ideford Ilsington Ipplepen Kenn Kenton Kingskerswell Kingsteignton Lustleigh Mamhead Manaton Moretonhampstead Newton Abbot North Bovey Ogwell Powderham Shaldon Shillingford St George Starcross Stokeinteignhead Tedburn St Mary Teigngrace Teignmouth Trusham Whitestone Widecombe in the Moor Woodland
Plymouth^2,4	None
Torbay⁴	Brixham⁵
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