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.

Bradford Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Witheridge

Historical Forms

  • Bradeford(a) 1086 DB 1242 Fees792
  • Bradeford Tracy juxta Wytherigge 1314 Ass

Etymology

'Wide ford,' v. brad . William de Tracy held the manor in 1242.