Bradford Ho, Little Bradford alias Great Bradfords
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bocking
Historical Forms
- Bredefordis 1386 Ct
- Bred(e)ford(e)s, Bred(e)ford(e)s land 1420 IpmR 1488 Cunnington 1519 BockingPR
- Bredford 1423 IpmR
Etymology
Bradford Ho, Little Bradford (6″) alias Great Bradfords and Little Bradfords (local) are Bredefordis 1386Ct , Bred (e )ford (e )s , Bred (e )ford (e )s land 1420 IpmR, 1488Cunnington , 1519 BockingPR, Bredford 1423 IpmR. These are manorial names commemorating the possessions here of the family of Henry de Bradford ', Bredeford from 1248 (Ass ) to 1391 (Cunnington ). The family took its name from Bradford supra 413 and gave it to the farms near by.