text: the origin of the street name 'bradshawgate'.? i understand that the origin is danish and that the gate is from 'gata' which means street, but i do not know where the 'bradshaw' originates from. bradshaw, "english: habitational name from any of the places called bradshaw, for example in lancashire and west yorkshire, from old english brad ‘broad’ + sceaga ‘thicket’."