Bradley.
A placename:
Meaning & usage
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: A former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2245).
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7493).
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6341).
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA2406).
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: Two villages, High Bradley and Low Bradley, in Bradleys Both parish, North Yorkshire.
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8818).
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595).
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A locale in England: A northern suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620).
A placename: A locale in the United Kingdom: A village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3253).
A placename: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Alabama (unconfirmed).
A placename: A locale in the United States: A minor city in Lafayette County, Arkansas.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Monterey County, California; named for landowner Bradley V. Sargent.
A placename: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia; named for railroad official John Wiley Bradley Jr..
A placename: A locale in the United States: A township in Jackson County, Illinois.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A village in Kankakee County, Illinois; named for plowman David Bradley.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine; named for early settler Bradley Blackman.
A placename: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Wayland Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
A placename: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
A placename: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A small town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Greenwood County, South Carolina.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A small town in Clark County, South Dakota; named for townsperson E. R. Bradley.
A placename: A locale in the United States: An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, named after Omar Bradley.
A placename: A locale in the United States: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these villages in England.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Where this word comes from
Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.
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