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.

Bredcroft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tinwell

Historical Forms

  • Bradecroft 1180–1200 BM 1209 Pap 1224 FF 1263 Ass 1403 Pat
  • Bradecroft iuxta Staunford 1332 Extent
  • Bradcroft 1521 Ct 1547 Pat
  • Bredcroft 1491 Ipm 1494 Pat
  • Bredcroft iuxta Staunford 1491 Ipm
  • Breede Croft c1545 Leland
  • Bread Croft 1844 TA

Etymology

'The spacious enclosed field', v. brād , croft . The village lay at the boundary with Stamford L.