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.

Bradden

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bradden

Historical Forms

  • Braden(e) 1086 DB 1195 P 1203 Cur
  • Bradden(e) 12th Survey
  • Bradenden(e) 1185 P c.1225 Abingdon 1227 Ch
  • Bradedene 1272 FF
  • Breddene 1300 ADvi 1301 Cl
  • Bradwyn al. Braden 1550 Pat

Etymology

'Wide valley,' v. brad , denu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site