Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Bradford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

Bradefort 1086 DB

Bradeford(e) 1242 Fees784,796

Bradafford 1346 FA

Brodford 1524 SR

Etymology

'Wide ford,' over the Torridge.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name