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.

Bradenstoke-cum-Clack

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lyneham

Historical Forms

  • Stoche 1086 DB
  • Bradenestoche ib.
  • Bradenestoch t.Hy2 Pat 1355
  • Bradenestoca, Bradenestoce 1189 GlastInq 1196 Cur
  • Bradenestok(e) 1198 Abbr 1205 ClR 1255 RH
  • Bradenstok 1224 FF 1349 Ass
  • Bradstock(e) 1636 Recov 1747 Sadler
  • Broadstock 1773 Map

Etymology

'stoc or settlement attached to or belonging in some way to Braydon Forest' (supra 11). For stoc see Purton Stoke supra 39.