BRADBURY, a township in the parish of SEDGEFiELD,
north-easterndivision of STOCKTON ward, county
palatine of DURHAM, 10 miles (S. by E.)  from Durham,
containing 152 inhabitants. Mr. Cade, the antiquary,
considered the name of this place to be a corruption
of Brimesbury, where King Athelstan encamped
in 937, when he gained a decisive victory over the
Danes: but it is more probable that this battle was
fought at Bramby in Lincolnshire. Here was formerly
a chapel of ease, dedicated to St. Nicholas, of which
there are no vestiges: the curate's house is still standing.
In this township is a place called the Isle, environed
by two branches of the Little Skerne;- it is a distinct
manor, comprising two farms.