Bradshaw is a village of the unparished area of South Turton in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England.

[2] within the Historic County of Lancashire, Bradshaw lies on the southern edge of the West Pennine Moors.

In early deeds and documents of the 13th Century the name is spelt Bradeshaye and later Bradshaigh.

[4] Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire,Bradshaw was from the 12th Century until 1974 a township and chapelry of the ancient parish of Bolton-le-Moors[5] in the Salford Hundred.

[7] In 1894, Bradshaw became part of the Bolton Rural District which took responsibility over matters such as planning, council housing, and playgrounds and cemeteries.

The Rural District was dissolved in 1898 and its civil parishes were incorporated into various local authorities.