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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bradley Fish Pond, Bradley Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Clipsham

Etymology

, cf. Addah Bradly , Bytham Bradly , East Bradly , North Bradly ,West Bradly 1687Map , Bradley 1838TA , 1943Map , Addah Bradley , Six Acres Bradley , Ploughed Bradley , Twelve Acres Bradley , Fourteen Acres Bradley 1838TA , v. brād , lēah ; for Addah Bradl ( e ) y , cf. Addah Wood supra , while Bytham Bradly alludes to Castle Bytham L which adjoins Clipsham to the north - east .