English Place-name Society

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.

Bradwell

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Down

Historical Forms

  • Bradeuilla 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Bradewelle
  • Bradewill' 1242 Fees794

Etymology

'Broad stream,' v. brad , wielle .

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