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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bradley Gairs

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradley

Historical Forms

  • the Gares 1634,1709 Nelthorpe
  • Gairs 1811,1838 1839 TA
  • Bradley Gears 1828 Bry

Etymology

, the Gares 1634, 1709Nelthorpe , Gairs 1811,1838ib , 1839TA , Bradley Gears 1828 Bry , cf. Gaire Close 1641Nelthorpe , Gare Close 1710ib , ' the triangular plots of ground ' , v. geiri .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement