The parish has been named: Broad Oak, Broadoak, Brodehog, Bradock, Braddock; it 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 lies in the Hundred and Deanery of West. It is bounded on the East by St Pinnock, on the South by Boconnoc, on the West by St Winnow, and on the North it is separated from the parishes of Cardinham, Warleggan, and St Neot by the River Fowey. On Bradock Downs are ancient barrows 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.