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.

Bradley, Bradley Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Bradeleye 13 Crk5 13 Wyb 1328 Banco
  • Bradelegh 1320 Bart
  • Bradley c.1300 1429 FA
  • Braidley, Braydley, Bradley 1585–1654 PR(Mrl)

Etymology

Bradley, Bradley Wood, Bradeleye 13Crk 5, 13Wyb , 1328 Banco, Bradelegh 1320 Bart 349, Bradley c. 1300 ib 348, 1429 FA. 'Broad clearing', v. brād , lēah . Bradley Wood itself may be more directly named from some later representative of the local family of Bradley (Braidley , Braydley , Bradley 1585–1654 PR(Mrl)freq ), whose name originated in a local p.n. of this form.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site