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Bradley
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English
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Alternative forms
surname en Bradly Broadley
Etymology
Ultimately from en ang brād broad + ang lēah woodland. Equivalent to en broad -leigh -ley.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɹædli/ US
en En-uk-Bradley.ogg UK
en ædli 2
Proper noun
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A placename:
en locale in the United Kingdom:
en locale cc/England:
en former cpar in co/Cheshire part of par/Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley since 2015.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Derbyshire Dales co/Derbyshire OS grid ref SK2245. Parish map (Derbyshire)
en hamlet par/Wotton-under-Edge dist/Stroud co/Gloucestershire OS grid ref ST7493.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Basingstoke and Deane co/Hampshire OS grid ref SU6341. Parish map (Hampshire)
en village/and/cpar in x/North East Lincolnshire county/Lincolnshire OS grid ref TA2406. Parish map (Lincolnshire)
Two villages, en High Bradley and en Low Bradley, in en Bradleys Both parish, North Yorkshire.
en village/and/cpar in bor/Stafford co/Staffordshire OS grid ref SJ8818. Parish map (Staffordshire)
en suburb in the City of city/Wolverhampton co/West Midlands OS grid ref SO9595.
en northern suburb town/Huddersfield co/West Yorkshire OS grid ref SE1620.
en village wcomm/Gwersyllt cobor/Wrexham cc/Wales OS grid ref SJ3253.
en locale c/US:
en unincorporated community s/Alabama unconfirmed.
en minor city co/Lafayette County s/Arkansas.
en CDP co/Monterey County s/California ; named for landowner Bradley V. Sargent.
en unincorporated community co/Jones County s/Georgia ; named for railroad official John Wiley Bradley Jr..
en twp co/Jackson County s/Illinois.
en village co/Kankakee County s/Illinois ; named for plowman David Bradley (plowman) David Bradley.
en neighborhood of city/Louisville s/Kentucky.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Penobscot County s/Maine ; named for early settler Bradley Blackman.
en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Wayland co/Allegan County s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community co/Scotts Bluff County s/Nebraska.
en unincorporated community co/Jefferson County s/Ohio.
en small town co/Grady County s/Oklahoma.
en CDP co/Greenwood County s/South Carolina.
en small town co/Clark County s/South Dakota ; named for townsperson E. R. Bradley.
en ucomm co/Boone County s/West Virginia.
en CDP co/Raleigh County s/West Virginia, named after Omar Bradley.
en town/and/unincorporated community therein, in co/Lincoln County s/Wisconsin.
en English habitational Old English from any of these villages in England.
en male surnames.
en Hadley Freeman Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/09/paul-rudd-ant-man-hollywoods-nice-guy-english-parents-kansas 2015-07-09 Then there are the characters Rudd describes as “the full-on buffoons”, such as reporter Brian Fantana in Anchorman, who gives names to his testicles and – still my favourite Rudd performance – Andy the obnoxious summer camp counsellor in cult 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, which is being revived on Netflix this summer, in which Rudd will co-star alongside original cast members including Poehler and Bradley Cooper.
Alternative forms
en Bradly Bradeley surname
en Bradly Bradlee Bradleigh Bradlie given name
Derived terms
en Bradley Beach Bradley Fold Bradley Land Bradley Stoke Bradleyan Bradleyism bradleyite Bradleys Both High Bradley Low Bradley Maiden Bradley
See also
en Brad
References
Anagrams
en abdelry beardly dryable