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

  • Bradewell(e), Bradewella 1086 DB 1100–8 RegLich a.1108 Dugd 1200 Cur 1335 Ipm
  • Bradewalle 1339 DbAxi
  • Bradwell(e) 1285 For
  • Bradwall(e) 1376 WollCh 1660 StJ
  • Moche Bradwall 1525,1528 Portland

Etymology

'Broad stream', v. brād , wælla , being named from the brook on which it stands, Bradwell Brook supra 4.