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.

Bradbury and the Isle

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sedgefield

Historical Forms

  • Brydbyrig c.1040 HSC(O) 12th SD 1104×7
  • Bridbirig 1072×83 RBk 15th
  • Bredbir' 1153×95 Pont
  • Bredberie 1174×95 Elemos
  • Bredberi c.1200 ib
  • Bredb'ia early13th ib
  • Bredbiria c.1230 ib
  • Bredbary 1374 Ct
  • Bredbury 1374 Ct
  • Bradebyry 1183 BB c.1320
  • Bradebery 1183 BB 15th IPM 1442
  • Braddebyr' c.1250 Elemos
  • Bradbire 1183 BB c.1382
  • Bradby'i c.1240 Elemos
  • Bradbyr' c.1260,1261 ib
  • Bradberia early13th Elemos
  • Bradb'ia early13th,c.1220 ib
  • bradbery c.1240,1534 ib
  • Bradbery c.1250,1534 ib
  • Bradberi c.1240 Spec c.1300 GD 1304 FF
  • Bradberie c.1250 Elemos c.1350 NCD 1366etfreqto1510 IPM 1374 Ct 1382 Hatf c.1400 Ct 1527 Spec
  • Bradberrie 1610 DX242/3
  • Bradbury 1381×2etfreqto1627 IPM 1706 Bran 1709 Eldon late18th
  • Braddebury 1417 IPM
  • Bradburye 1572 StrathD7/110 1633×4 IPM
  • Broadberry 1776 Eldon

Etymology

'Board or plank fort or manor', OE  bred + byrig , dative sing. of burh . The reference is no doubt to the use of boards or planks in the construction of the burh . In the scribal tradition bred was subsequently replaced by the more common OE  element brād 'broad', definite form brāda , ME  brade .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site