Bradshaw, a township a village, and a parish in Lancashire. The township lies on the L. & Y.R., adjacent to the Oaks station, 2 1/2 miles NE of Bolton, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Bromley Cross. Acreage, 1156 ; population of township, 647 ; of the ecclesiastical parish, 2698. Bradshaw Hall was the seat of John Bradshaw, who presided at the trial of Charles I., and is now the seat of the Hardcastle family. The Bradshaw Isherwoods, of Marple, Cheshire, still own nearly all the land in the township, and Mr Isherwood is lord of the manor. There are bleaching, calico printing, dyeing, and finishing works. The living is a vicarage in the the diocese of Manchester; gross value, £350 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Bolton. The church, built in Early English style, is dedicated to St Maxentius.
