Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bradelee (in vill' de Apilton) l13 Tab

• Bradelegh' 1354 Orm2

• Bradeley 1506 Plea

• Bradeley in Apulton 1527 ChRR

• Bradley (in Appulton) 1354 Orm2 1428 ChRR

• Bradley Hall 1724 NotCestr

• Bradlegh 1355 BPR

• (crux de) Braddelegh 1386 Sheaf

Etymology

'At the broad clearing', v. brād , lēah . The cross is lost. It was mentioned in the deposition of John de Massey in the case of Scrope versus Grosvenor, 1386. It had borne the challenged arms of Grosvenor (azure, a bend or) for twenty-six years and stood beside the highway from Warrington La, to Knutsford, probably at 101–658847, where Grappenhall, Lymm and Appleton meet, and where the line of Cliff Lane meets an old line of paths 101–645843 to 665848, v. Sheaf1 3156, cf. 144 XI, Cliff Lane 141infra .