Church of St. Nicholas, North Bradley

A chapel is mentioned here in the early 12th century, and by 1241 was dependent upon the church at Edington. Bradley church was independent from 1351. Although much of the church was rebuilt in 1862 the tower and chapels were left largely untouched. The present church had been built in the 15th century and is mainly Perpendicular; the three stage tower, with Perpendicular tracery in the window, has an octagonal stair turret that is higher than the main tower, leading to the roof. The north chapel is of the 15th century and was built by the Stafford family of Southwick Court. It has a pair of fine contemporary square-headed windows. The mid 15th century south chapel was originally the Long chapel but by the 19th century was known as the Trenchard (of Cutteridge) Chapel, and contains a large baroque monument to William Trenchard, died 1710. It is richly deorated and has three large Tudor-arched Perpendicular windows, and a piscina.

Before its destruction in the Civil War there was good glass in the church but only fragments remained until 1862. The church seems to have been somewhat neglected in later centuries, probably because most of the inhabitants attended the early Baptist chapels, and by 1773 was said to be half in ruins. Charles Daubeny became vicar in 1778 and proceeded to put both church and vicarage in order. In 1782 the parish rate was allocated with 50% to the poor rate and 50% to the vicar for repairs and reroofing. Daubeny put some of his own money into the parish and its church. When he arrived the inhabitants were said to be 'wild and uncivilized', probably because they were Baptists and there were many weavers. He built a church in Bath and endowed a school and an asylum in North Bradley in 1808. The asylum, later the Daubeny almshouses, was completed in 1810 for four people of 'aged character'. He was absent for some parts of his ministry and rebuilt and converted the rectory for the curate. In 1817 he built the vicar's poor house and, although ill, built the church at Road Hill, where was buried in 1827.

By 1861 the church was again in a bad state with parts of the ceiling falling during services. It was restored under T.H. Wyatt in 1862 when the chancel, nave and clerestory were rebuilt as a faithful copy in the 15th century style. The west gallery was removed, memorial stones destroyed, fragments of early glass in the church were 'beaten out with a hammer, and the churchyard levelled with the destruction of some gravestones. The font is large and octagonal, and of the late 15th century, while the peal of bells was made up to eight in 1950. There is a sundial of 1773 on the south porch, inscribed 'Tempus fugit', by Rawlings of Bradford on Avon. The parish registers from 1646 (baptisms) and from 1667 (marriages and burials), other than those in current use, are held in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham.