PROPERTY TO LET WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO PROJECTS ON THE ESTATES NEWS GET IN TOUCH In the years that followed, the Earldom of Bradford went briefly into abeyance on the death of the 4th Earl, Sir Henry Bridgeman, 5th Baronet of Great Lever inherited the estate at Weston from his mother, sister of the 3rd Earl. With Sir Henry in place, the estates were taken in a more progressive direction and ambitious changes started to flourish. Sir Henry spearheaded landscape innovation at Weston Park, commissioning Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown to recreate the parkland with a vision that would provide uninterrupted views of the Lizard Wood and surrounding woodlands. In C19th’s Industrial Revolution, ground-breaking transformation was made on the estates for their residents and businesses including: the paving and lighting of the growing town of Bolton, the construction of the Montgomeryshire Canal to Llanymynech to transport stone aggregates, the development of Walsall’s mining and leather industries, and the first sanitation in the town of Wigan. Using this new industrial income, the Bradford Estates grew again, purchasing the adjacent Blymhill estate and then the Tong Castle estate in 1855 from the Durant family. In C20th, this trend continued with purchases of the adjoining Boscobel estate in 1918 (the house & Royal Oak gifted to English Heritage in 1954) and the Wood Eaton estate post Second World War. The principal Bradford house, Weston Park, and its 1,000 acres of parkland, left family ownership after the death of the 6th Earl in 1981, gifted by his son to the Weston Park Foundation. Today it is an independent educational and conservation charity. In 2019, the most recent the acquisition of Burlington Farm took Bradford Estates to 12,000 acres in Shropshire and Staffordshire. Driven by Alexander, Viscount Newport, the future 8th Earl, a new progressive, sustainable land strategy is being created, to facilitate the introduction of regenerative farming and new tree planting on the estates. PROPERTY TO LET 01952 850111 enquiries@bradford-estates.co.uk Privacy Policy Cookies Terms & Conditions Who we are What we do Projects On the estates News Get in touch Bradford Estates Office Weston-under-Lizard Shifnal Shropshire TF11 8JU Find us