BRADFORD, Great, a market-town in the hundred of the same name, county of Wilts, on the Avon, 100 miles from London. It is pleasantly situated on both sides of the river, here crossed by two bridges, the old one of nine arches; the houses are built of stone, but the streets are mostly narrow. The town has a fine old church, three other churches, nine chapels, a gaol, bank, savings-bank, free and national schools, alms-house, and several charities. It has long been celebrated for the manufacture of fine broadcloths and kerseys. The Avon and Kennet canal facilitates its communication with Bath, Bristol, Devizes, and other towns. Pop. (1851) 4240.