Bradbury
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chittlehampton
Historical Forms
- Brod(e)bray 1407 IpmR 1523 SR
- Bradberie 1621 SR
Etymology
The farm is near the river Bray supra 2, and the modern form is therefore probably corrupt. 'Broad' may have the sense of 'great,' 'chief,' as in Broad Clyst, Broadhempston infra 573, 509, perhaps in relation to Knight's, High and South Bray infra and infra 346.