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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bradmore

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bradmore

Historical Forms

  • Brademere 1086 DB 1216 ClR 1302,1346 FA 1308 Ipm 1331 Ch
  • Brademare 1108 Dugdv t.Ed2 Fees 1227 Cl 1237 Ass 1280 Wollaton 1294 FA 1302 Ch 1316
  • Brademar 1242 Fees 1308 Ipm
  • Bredemar 1236 Cl
  • Bradmeere 1596 FF
  • Bradmore 1612 ib

Etymology

'The wide pool or mere,' v. brad , mere . Probably this was the expanse of marshy land to the west of the village, now drained.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site