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, Bradley Court, Bradley Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wotton under Edge

Historical Forms

  • Bradele(ga), Bradelege, Bradel', Bradeley(e) e.13 Berk 13 HMC5 1220–30 Berk 1248 Ass 1249 FF 1492 Comp
  • Bradley 1417 IpmR 1486 Pat 1561 FF
  • Bradley Court, Bradley Green 1830 M

Etymology

Bradley, Bradley Court, Bradley Green, Bradele (ga ), Bradelege , Bradel ', Bradeley (e )e. 13 Berk, 13 HMC 5, 1220–30 Berk (p), 1248Ass , 1249FF et passim to 1492 Comp 150, Bradley 1417 IpmR, 1486 Pat, 1561FF , Bradley Court , Bradley Green 1830 M. 'The broad clearing', v. brād , lēah .