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.

Bradpole

Parish in the County of Dorset

Etymology

Part of Bradpole civil par. was included in the borough of Bridport in 1901, and in 1903 part of the ecclesiastical par. was likewise transferred to Bridport (Kelly).

Major Settlements