Bradbury

English Etymology 1 From en ang brād broad + ang byriġ, the dative case of ang burg fortified place. Proper noun ~ s en uncountable A placename: en village par/Bradbury and the Isle co/County Durham cc/England OS grid ref NZ3128. en city co/Los Angeles County s/California c/USA. en twp co/Mille Lacs County s/Minnesota c/USA. en suburb of city/Sydney in the City of Campbelltown, s/New South Wales c/Australia. en habitational Old English. Derived terms en Bradburyan en Bradbury and the Isle en Bradbury Landing en do a Bradbury Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Bradbury is the 4343rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8172 individuals. Bradbury is most common among White (93.26%) individuals. Etymology 2 So named as banknotes had the signature of John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury Sir John Bradbury, secretary to the Treasury c.1914. Noun s en UK slang A British banknote issued during WW I in denominations of £1 or 10 shillings. en 1920 Sapper Bulldog Drummond https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49935/49935-h/49935-h.html "And the contents of my cigarette-case are half a dozen gaspers, and a ten-bob Bradbury patched together with stamp paper!" Then she offered Eliza five Bradburys and what she was wearing at the time to co-operate and Eliza, we may imagine, simply leapt at it. "Well, the price of a drink will do as well. If you've got a Bradbury about you I could do with it, for there's nothing coming my way." Tom Linden took a pound note from his desk. Further reading en terms suffixed with -bury eponyms