Bradley
US/ˈbɹædli/
Bradley proper noun: a former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.
Proper noun
Bradley (countable and uncountable, plural Bradleys)
- A former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.
- A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2245).
- A hamlet in Wotton-under-Edge parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7493).
- A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6341).
- A village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TA2406).
- Two villages, High Bradley and Low Bradley, in Bradleys Both parish, North Yorkshire.
- A village and civil parish in Stafford borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8818).
- A suburb in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands (OS grid ref SO9595).
- A northern suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1620).
- A village in Gwersyllt community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3253).
- An unincorporated community in Alabama (unconfirmed).
- A minor city in Lafayette County, Arkansas.
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- A census-designated place in Monterey County, California; named for landowner Bradley V. Sargent.
- An unincorporated community in Jones County, Georgia; named for railroad official John Wiley Bradley Jr..
- A township in Jackson County, Illinois.
- A village in Kankakee County, Illinois; named for plowman David Bradley.
- A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Penobscot County, Maine; named for early settler Bradley Blackman.
- An unincorporated community in Wayland Township, Allegan County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- A small town in Grady County, Oklahoma.
- A census-designated place in Greenwood County, South Carolina.
- A small town in Clark County, South Dakota; named for townsperson E. R. Bradley.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
- A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, named after Omar Bradley.
- 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.
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Forms of Bradley
| plural | Bradleys |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Bradly |
| alternative form | Bradeley |
| alternative form | Bradlee |
| alternative form | Bradleigh |
| alternative form | Bradlie |
| alternative form | Broadley |
Origin of Bradley
Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.
Words formed from Bradley
- Bradleyan
- Bradley Beach
- Bradley Fold
- Bradleyism
- bradleyite
- Bradley Land
- Bradleys Both
- Bradley Stoke
- High Bradley
- Low Bradley
- Maiden Bradley
Phrases with Bradley
Words that rhyme with Bradley
Questions about Bradley
- What does Bradley mean?
- Bradley means a former civil parish in Cheshire, part of Tushingham-cum-Grindley, Macefen and Bradley parish since 2015.
- What part of speech is Bradley?
- Bradley is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Bradley?
- Bradley is pronounced /ˈbɹædli/ (US).
Words near Bradley in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Bradley (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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