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 on Avon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bradford on Avon

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Bradanforda be Afne 652 ASC c.900
  • Bradanford 705 BCS114 c.1125 955 14th ib
  • (æt) Bradeforda 1001 KCD706 14th
  • Bradeford 1086 DB 1244 Cl
  • Bradford 1415 Inqaqd
  • Brodeford 1340 Ipm 1412 FA 1485 Ct

Etymology

'Wide ford,' v. brad .