40 DERBYSHIRE PLACE-NAMES. 



Boulton. — (D.D.B. Boletvne.) — A.S. bol — the bole or body or trunk of a 

 tree, and A.S. tun — a town ; — the town by the tree trunk. 



Bowden Edge. — A.S. bige, byge — a turning, corner, bending, angle, bay ; 

 and A.S. denu from the Celto-Saxon root den— a vale or hollow, or deep 

 wooded valley, and A.S. ecg, ecge — an edge. The edge of the hollow or 

 valley on the bend. 



Boythorpe. — (D.D.B. Buitorp.) — A.S. bige, byge — a turning, corner, 

 bending, angle, bay, and N. thorp, throp, trop, torp (A.S. thorpe, 

 throp) — a village. The village on the bend, or at the corner. 



Brackenfield. — Bracken is the Brake fern, Pteris Aquilina. The suffix is 

 A.S. feld, fild — a field or plain ; — the field or plain of brakes. The en in 

 bracken is probably the sign of the plural number, as the en in oxen. See 

 "Brake," Latham's Dictionary of the English Langttage." 



Bradby. — The initial syllable is from the A.S. brad, bred, breed — large, vast, 

 broad, or from the A.S. personal name Breda. The postfix is from the N. 

 byr, by — a village, an abode. The broad or large village, or Breda's 

 abode. 



Bradley. — (D.D.B. Braidelei, Bradelei.) — For the initial syllable, see 

 Bradby, supra. The postfix is from the A.S. leah — a meadow, a field, 

 land. 



Bradshaw Edge. — For the derivation of the initial syllable in the first 

 component of this name, see Bradby, supra. Shaw is from the A.S. scua, 

 seed, scadu, sceadu, sceado — a shadow, a shady place. The adjunct is 

 from the A.S. ecg — an edge or ridge. The edge of the broad shady place, 

 or the edge of Breda's shady place. 



Bradwell. — (D.D.B. Brdewelle.) — For the initial syllable, see Bradby, 

 supra. The postfix is from the A.S. wyl, wil, wyll, well — a fountain or 

 well ; — Breda's well, or the large or broad well. 



Brailsford. — (D.D.B. Brailesford, Breilesfordham.) — A.S. broel — a park 

 or warren stored with deer, and A.S. ford — a ford ; — the park by the 

 ford. 



Bramley. — (D.D.B. Bramlege.) — A.S. brom — a shrub, broom, and A.S. 



leg, leag, lea, leah, lag, lah — a meadow, a field, land ;■ — the broom land. 

 Brampton. — (D.D.B. Brandvne, Brantune.) — A.S. brom — a shrub, broom, 

 and A.S. tun — a town ; — the broom town. 



Breadsall. — (D.D.B. Braid eshall.) — For the initial syllable see Bradby, 

 supra. The postfix is from the A.S. alh, ealh, heal, heall — a hall, palace, 

 seat, dwelling, mansion, or from the A.S. selu, sele, sel, salu, salo, sal — 

 having a similar signification. Breda's or the large hall. 



Breaston. — (D.D.B. Bradestone, Braidestune, Braidestone. ) — For the 

 initial syllable, see Bradby, supra. The postfix is from the A.S. stasn, 

 stan — a stone. Breda's stone, or the large stone. Frequently a stone 



