Editing Bretby (section)

==Today==
Today the village is centred by a village green. Overlooking the green is a residential house which records that it was called 'Bradby School' when it was built. A stone records "BRADBY SCHOOL/OPENED FOR THE ADMISSION OF SCHOLARS/OCTOBER 20th 1806." The school building is a Grade II listed building.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023052025/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=82816 Images of England]</ref>

The Grade II listed [[Church of England parish church]] is dedicated to [[Wigstan|St Wystan]]; it was rebuilt in 1877 by [[Anne Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield]]. A memorial tablet on the south wall of the aisle is in memory of [[Benjamin Disraeli]].<ref>{{cite web |title=St Wystan's |url=https://stmarkswinshill.co.uk/st-wystans |website=Stmarkswinshill.co.uk |accessdate=2 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1096486|desc=Church of St Wystan|grade=II}}</ref>

There is a small industrial area within [[Burton upon Trent and Swadlincote Green Belt]], Bretby Stoneware Industrial Estate, based at the former Bretby Brick Works. It is at Middle Place, an access road which is a continuation of the Sunnyside lane from nearby [[Newhall, Derbyshire|Newhall]] through to the A511 Ashby Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Derbyshire District Council – SECTION 2: Planning Appeals |url=http://south-derbys.cmis.uk.com/south-derbys/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=G5rliv8aScmlj6DMqC4gAgjYiEdaQINHKt91sgAkaVPqS%2BbJo8q8qQ%3D%3D&mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3D%3D=hFflUdN3100%3D&kCx1AnS9%2FpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3D%3D=hFflUdN3100%3D&uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2BAJvYtyA%3D%3D=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&FgPlIEJYlotS%2BYGoBi5olA%3D%3D=NHdURQburHA%3D&d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3D&WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3D |page=68 |quote=The application site is located within Bretby Stoneware Industrial Estate, a site occupied by a number of small commercial businesses, some located within the converted former brick and stoneware industry building on site and a number of agricultural buildings. The site is located within the Greenbelt and accessed from Ashby Road East by a single lane track. Swadlincote Footpath 84 runs to the south east of the site at a higher level and Swadlincote Footpath 86 runs to the south west.}}</ref>