It is known that at one point, three canons from Dunstable Priory resided at this rectory, and served the parishes of Bradbourne, Brassington, Tissington, Ballidon and Atlow.

[2] Following the dissolution of the monasteries, George Buxton purchased the former glebe lands of All Saint's Church, which consisted of some 260 acres in 1609.

With the purchase came the advowson, which as a consequence meant that the family held cleric positions within the parish for the following centuries.

A later relative of the Buxton that built the house – George Buckston (died 1810) – changed the spelling of the family surname.

At one point during the mid-19th century, Colonel David Wilkie – who was involved in the 1859 Indian Mutiny (4th Bengal Native Infantry)[5] – was a resident at Bradbourne Hall.

Though the year in which they moved in remains unknown, Kelly's Directory (which recorded a history of the house) notes Hartshorne as the resident of Bradbourne Hall in 1891.

Original two bays with central chamfered doorcase with hoodmould...interior much altered but has C17 turned baluster stairs with rounded finials and moulded handrail.

Attached garden wall with large stone piers surmounted by banded ball finials.