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.

Bradleygate

Other OS name in the Parish of Northenden

Historical Forms

  • Broadley Gate 1842 OS

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , Broadley Gate 1842 OS , cf. Bradles 1578 Earw , ' (the gateat) the broad clearing ' , v. brād , lēah , geat .