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.

Bredicot

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bredicot

Historical Forms

  • Bradigcotan 840 BCS428 11th
  • Bradingccotan 978–92 KCD683 11th
  • Bradecote 1086 DB c.1086 EveB 1190 P 1187 BM 1317
  • Bradicot(e) c.1086 EveA 1190 Wills 1543
  • Brodecot 1275 SR
  • Bredicot 16th Wills 1649 Surv

Etymology

'Brāda 's cottages,' the pers. name being linked to the second element by the -ing found also in ingtun . There seems to be no reason for the development of the modern vowel.

Places in the same Parish

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