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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bradwell

Historical Forms

  • Bradewelle 1086 DB 1152–8,1160–5 NLC 1199 Fines
  • Brodewelle 1086 DB
  • Bradewulla 1155 NLC

Etymology

'Broad spring' v. brad , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

None