Etymology From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.
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Rail transport, Railways, TransportUK A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw. Publication ceased in May 1961.
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.1855, Anthony Trollope, The Warden:
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.1939 June, “Railway Literature: Bradshaw's Guide”, in Railway Magazine, page 465:
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Etymology From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.
To all intents and purposes, we had either to map-read or Bradshaw our way across tens of thousands of acres of featureless, flat landscape.1944, Jerrard Tickell, quoting Gp Capt John Mitchell, Ascalon, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published 1964, page 88: