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.

Bradnocks Marsh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Berkswell

Historical Forms

  • Bradenhoc 1262 Ass
  • Brad(e)noc 1327,1332 SR 1498 KnowleG
  • Bradnock mershe 1529 Ct
  • Bradnoke Thingg 1540 AOMB

Etymology

Bradnocks Marsh is Bradenhoc 1262Ass (p), Brad (e )noc 1327, 1332 SR, 1498 KnowleG, Bradnock mershe 1529Ct , Bradnoke Thingg 1540AOMB . Probably 'at the broad oak,' v. brad , ac , the modern s being pseudo-manorial. For thing v. infra 333.