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.

Bradford's Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Horsted

Historical Forms

  • Bretford 1327 SR
  • Bretford 1340 NI

Etymology

Bradford's Bridge (6″), cf. Bradford brook 1579DuLa . By here lived Emma de Bretford (1327 SR) and Thomas de Bretford (1340 NI). Possibly this has the same origin as Brightford supra 192. The modern form has been assimilated to a more usual type.

Places in the same Parish