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.

Bradley Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Bradeley(e), Bradele(gh) 1313 GR 1318 Ipm 1326,1437 MinAcct
  • Bradley 1650,1655 Comm

Etymology

Bradley Hill, Bradeley (e ), Bradele (gh )1313GR 1448, 1318 Ipm, 1326, 1437MinAcct , Bradley 1650, 1655Comm . 'The broad clearing', v. brād , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement