Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bradeleg' 1259 Court

• Bradeley 1724 NotCestr

• Bradelegh iuxta (le) Malpas 1369 Chol 1370 Plea

• Bradeley Grene 1569 Orm2

• Braddeleye 1373 Pat

• Braddeley 1507 Plea

• Bradley near Malepase 1476 ChRR

• Bradley 1445 ib

• Bradley alias Bradlegh 1528 Plea

• Bradley iuxta Agden 1588 ChRR

• Bradley alias Welsh Bradley 1668–71 Sheaf

• Bradleigh near Malpas 1569 ChRR

• Bradley Green 1816 Orm2

• Bradley Brook, Bradley Brook House, Bradley Hall 1831 Bry

• Bradley Bridge 1842 OS

Etymology

'Broad glade', from brād and lēah , with grēne 2 , brōc , hall , brycg .Bradley is in Malpas parish, and near Agden 3supra . The affix Welsh - (v. Welisc ) alludes to this place's proximity to Wales and distinguishes it from Bradley 3228. It seems likely that there was a Welsh interest here in the thirteenth century, cf. Madoc de Bradeleg '1260 Court 24, and there may have been a notable Welsh influence in the population in the seventeenth. The brook joins Wych Brook 139.