Bradnop Traditional Cache
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Bradnop was formerly a township in Leek parish. Now it is a sleepy hamlet just a 5 minute drive from Leek, heading towards Ashbourne.
New camo bagged cache box which can take travel bugs/geocoins and trackables.
Bradnop village lies at 838 ft. (255 m.), and to the north-east the land rises to 1,331 ft. (407 m.) on Morridge.
Twelve people in Bradnop were assessed for tax in 1327 and 10 in 1333, the figures possibly including Onecote township which lay in Bradnop manor.
The name Bradnop, recorded in 1197, is derived from Old English words describing the broad (bradan) enclosed valley which opens to Cheddleton in the south-west.
Bradnop village stands in the centre of the Bradnop valley, north of the present Leek- Ashbourne road but on the line of the medieval Earl's Way.
The oldest house in the village is Sytch Farm.
A railway from Leekbrook, in Leek and Lowe, to Waterhouses was opened in 1905 with a station near Bradnop village. The station was closed in 1935 and later demolished, but the line remained open for the transport of limestone from quarries at Caldon Low until 1989.
A spring called Egg well, south-east of Ashenhurst Hall, was believed to have curative powers. It was provided with an oval, or egg-shaped, stone surround bearing a Latin inscription praising the water's powers and the monogrammed initials of William Stanley, the owner of Ashenhurst between 1744 and 1752. In the 19th century the well was protected by a square wall, later roofed over.
Bradnop village had a mains electricity supply by 1940 and was connected to a mains water supply in 1967.
In 1992 the former school in Bradnop village was converted for use as a village hall. Bring a pen to sign log please. Nearby cache is Train Spotting? so why not find that easy cache of mine!
Additional Hints
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Onfr bs zhygv gehax gerr