Braddock

The parish has been named Broad Oak, Broadoak, Brodehog, Bradock and Braddock but is now mainly referred to as Braddock. The parish is often called Broadoak in documents. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brodehog. The parish is situated in the Deanery and Hundred of West. It is separated from the parishes of Cardinham, Warleggan and St Neot by the River Fowey to the north and is bordered by St Pinnock to the east, Boconnoc to the south and St Winnow to the west. There are ancient barrows on Braddock Downs, dating from the Iron Age, from which urns of rough pottery have been found. West Taphouse is a hamlet one and three quarter miles north-west of the church.