Bradshaw

English

Bradshaw's Guide, this issue was published 6th March 1961.

Alternative forms

• (surname): Brayshaw

Etymology

From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad +‎ shaw.

Proper noun

Bradshaw

1. The name of some places in Northern England.
   1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7312).
   2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0830).
   3. A hamlet in Longsdon parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9455).
   4. A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0514)
2. A habitational surname from Old English derived from these places.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
   2. A village in York County, Nebraska.
   3. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County and Roanoke County, Virginia.
   4. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
   5. A town in McDowell County, West Virginia.

Noun

Bradshaw (plural Bradshaws)

1. (British, rail transport) A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw. Publication ceased in May 1961.
   • 1855, Anthony Trollope, The Warden:

     He was at breakfast at nine, and for the twentieth time consulted his Bradshaw to see at what earliest hour Dr Grantly could arrive from Barchester.

   • 1939 June, “Railway Literature: Bradshaw's Guide”, in Railway Magazine, page 465:

     The "5th Mo. (May) 1939" issue of Bradshaw's Railway Shipping, and Hotel Guide for Great Britain and Ireland appears in a cream cover printed in blue and gold, and a prefatory note explains that, as 1939 is being celebrated as the centenary year of Bradshaw, it is intended to adopt this livery from now until the September issue inclusive. For October, the centenary month, Bradshaw will be published in a gold cover printed in red and blue.