He married Hannah Laura Barrat (1848-1893) on 23 April 1872 in St Pancras, London England.
Bradford's works included building or altering over 70 breweries and maltings throughout the country, although the majority were in the south of England.
The firm continued under his sons, W.Stovin-Bradford and J. W. Bradford, and designed several lavishly ornamented public houses and was last heard of in 1946.
[1] W.Stovin-Bradford presented a paper on the architecture of breweries at the White Horse Hotel, Congreave Street, Birmingham on 21 January 1932.
[5] It is unclear if William Bradford was the architect of the Great Northern Brewery in Dundalk which was built in 1896.