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The only Bradford type name I've got is the one that's north of Winsford and south of Rudheath. To the west of what I assumed was the broad ford is Bradford Mill.  Immediatly north west of the mill was an extensive area known as Vale Royal Park.  It isn't really shown on the cheshire tithe maps but you can see it clearly on the later ones.  This vast area was owned by non other than Lord Delamere who was a regular with the Cheshire Hounds (hunt) so it surely fits that he would use this vast open area for hunting ??  Large areas in this district was classed as wasteland; wasteland in Cheshire was often associated with very sandy soils because it was poor for arable; the sandpit in the vale royal park and numerous sand quarries (now) suggests this was similar.  Good adder habitat in lowland Cheshire is associated with bracken, gorse and heather ... all grow on sandy - usually acidic- soils.  I may be talking out of my hat but I'm confident that if Cheshire hunt gets back to me I'll be close... thanks everybody.

Andy

Hi Kgarrad

Thanks for that.  The location Bradford-green is mentioned a number of times in the Chester Chronicle in the 19th century so I'm almost convinced it's a separate place and not a morph of Bradfield Green, but it's worth some investigating should I remain at a dead end.

I'm wondering if it has been subsumed into a town, swallowed up by a modern name so to speak... no evidence though

Thanks

Andy