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.

Bradshaw

Early-attested site in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Bradshagh 1411 WCR1
  • Bradshaw(e) 1571 WillY 1709 WMB
  • Bradsha 1591 WillY

Etymology

Bradshaw, Bradshagh 1411WCR 1, Bradshaw (e )1571 WillY, 1709 WMB, Bradsha 1591 WillY, 'broad copse', v. brād , sceaga .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name