Bradninch
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bradninch
Historical Forms
- Bradenesa 1086 DB 1348 Exon
- Brahanies 1200 Cur
- Braheneis 1221–30 Fees
- Braeneis 1223 Pat
- Braydeneys 1227 Ch
- Braeles, Brayles 1230 Cl
- Braneys 1242 Fees758 1261 Exon 1275 RH
- Braghenes 1249 Ass
- Bradenech(e) 1238 Cl 1282 Pat 1309,1351 Ipm 1389 IpmR
- Bradenegg 1272 Pat
- Bradenheche 1315 Exon
- Brednes 1240 Cl
- Bradenasse 1244 Ass
- Bradenassh(e) 1342 Cl 1349
- Bradenaysh 1356 DuCo
- Bradenych 1306 Ass
- Bradeniche 1330 Exon
- Bradenynge 1380 Exon
- Bradenynch 1404 Ass
- Bradenyng al. Bradenassch 1395 Exon
- Bradenage 1310 Exon
- Bradenach 1313 Pat 1318 Cl
- Bradenache 1375 Exon
- Brodniche 1589 SR
Etymology
'The broad or spreading ash,' v. brad , æsc , with some confusion with ac . Cf. Whitnage supra 553. The second n is intrusive and is never heard in pronunciation. Cf. Brandish Wood (Herts), Brad (e )nache t. Hy 3 AD iii(p), 1461 St Pauls , from brad and ac .