...yled local. Its components are Brad, meaning broad, and Bury, which is variously defined as a house, a hill, a domain, and a town. It is found variously spelled in English records as Bradberrie, Bradberry e, Bradberry, and Bradbury. The latter is the orthography adopted by the emigrant Thomas, and followed by his descendants generally. Unlike most local names, it never had a wide diffusion in England...