Bradley and Dixon Woods is a 41.77-hectare (103.2-acre) local nature reserve near the town of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. It is owned and managed by North East Lincolnshire Council. It is composed of ancient woodland, meadows, ponds and bird feeding sites, and is located south-west of Grimsby and south of the village of Bradley; the site is bounded to the north by Woodlands Farm and Bradley Woodlands Independent Hospital.
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The Black Lady of Bradley Woods is a ghost which reportedly haunts the woods near the village of Bradley, Lincolnshire, England.
Alleged eyewitnesses have described her as being young and pretty, around 5 ft 6 in tall, dressed in a flowing black cloak and a black hood that obscures her hair but reveals her mournful, pale, tear-soaked face. According to the legend she has never harmed anyone and has only ever proved to be a pitiful, if unnerving sight.
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Bradley is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 3 miles south-west from Grimsby and 2 miles north from Barnoldby le Beck. Its population recorded in the census for both 2001 and 2011 was 198.
Bradley Grade II* listed Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. George. Originating in the 12th century, it is of partly Norman origin. Restoration of the chancel and installation of electric lighting took place in 1928. The parish register dates from 1664. In the early 1930s, there existed a small Methodist chapel. Poorer children in the parish were educated at a free school at Laceby, 2 miles away. Parish occupations included four farmers, a poultry farmer, and a fruit grower.
To the south of the village, within the parish boundary, are Bradley Woods and Dixon Woods which together form a Local Nature Reserve. To the east, within the Grimsby boundary, lies the Bradley Recreation Ground and beyond that the Bradley Park Estate. The land on which these stand was part of Bradley parish until 1928.
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Grimsby Rural District was a rural district in Lincolnshire, England, part of the administrative county of Lindsey, from 1894 to 1974.
The district covered the town of Immingham and the parishes of Ashby-cum-Fenby, Aylesby, Barnoldby-le-Beck, Beelsby, Bradley, Brigsley, East Ravendale, Habrough, Hatcliffe, Hawerby-cum-Beesby, Healing, Humberston, Irby, Laceby, New Waltham, Stallingborough, Waltham, West Ravendale, and Wold Newton.
Four additional parishes were part of the district at some point, but were abolished prior to 1974. Little Coates was split between Grimsby borough and Great Coates parish in 1928. Scartho went to Grimsby borough and Waltham parish in 1928, and Great Coates went to Grimsby borough and Healing parish in 1968. Finally, Weelsby was given to Humberston and New Waltham parishes in 1968.
The rural district was separate from the Grimsby county borough and the Municipal Borough of Cleethorpes, which it surrounded on three sides. When the county of Humberside was formed in 1974, the Grimsby rural district and the Cleethorpes municipal borough were combined to form the new borough of Cleethorpes. In 1996 the area became part of the new unitary authority of North East Lincolnshire.
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Barnoldby le Beck is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, It is situated just east of the A18 and is close to the village of Waltham and the town of Grimsby.
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Grimsby Borough Football Club is a football club based in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One East and play at the Bradley Football Development Centre.
The LNR can be accessed by the public via the B1444 off the A46 road. The woods are the subject of local folklore.