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.

Bredon

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bredon

Historical Forms

  • Breodun in Hui 775 BCS209 11th
  • Breadun, Breodun 780 BCS234
  • Breodun in provincia Hwicciorum 780 BCS236 11th
  • Breodun 841 BCS134 11th DB 1086
  • Breoduninga gemære 984 Earle
  • Bridona c.1086 EveA 1190
  • Bredon 1208 Fees37 1295 Pat
  • Brudone 1299 RBB 18th
  • Breudon 1302 Pat

Etymology

For this hill-name v. IPN 25. It was distinguished from Breedon (Lei), also in Mercia, as 'Bredon among the Hwicce ,' v. Introd. xv. The Herberd of the 1295 form is unknown.

Places in the same Parish