BRADFORD, a market-town in the hundred of the same name, of the county of Wilts, 104 miles from London. It is situated on the banks of the river Avon, near to the Kennet and Avon Canal, having, by those two channels, communication with London and with Bristol. It is a great manufacturing place for broad cloths and cassimeres. The streets are narrow, crooked, and ill built; but the situation is sheltered, and it is very healthy. There are good markets on Monday and Saturday. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 8540, in 1811 to 9230, and in 1821 to 10,231.