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.

Bradaford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Virginstow

Historical Forms

  • Bradeford(a) 1086 DB 1303 FA
  • Brodeforde 1602 FF

Etymology

'Wide ford' (over the Carey river). v. brad . For the medial vowel, v. Introd. xxxvi.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement