West Bradley is a dispersed settlement 4m ESE of Glastonbury. The isolation of the church is relieved only by the adjacent manor house and one other house across the lane. Its location may well be linked to the Bradley Brook, flowing NE to SW along the NW boundary of the manor house grounds. At about 30m above sea level, West Bradley is about 20m higher than the nearby Somerset Levels, in very gently undulating rich farmland — traditionally and currently used as pasture for dairy animals. The church of St Andrew has nave, chancel, S porch and W tower and is predominantly 14thc/15thc, with much 19thc restoration; it also houses a Romanesque tub font.

In 746 King Ethelbald is said to have sold an estate in Bradley to Glastonbury abbey. DB records a hide of thegnland in Pennarminster which Ailmar held in 1066 and Serlo de Burci held of the abbot of Glastonbury in 1086; this has been identified as West Bradley. The abbey retained overlordship of the estate until the Dissolution. (VCH)

The font is relatively plain and the execution of the central section has been done by eye rather than very precisely. This suggests that resources were probably quite modest.