Bridle Family History
Bridle Name Meaning
from Bridwell in Uffculme (Devon) or Bridewell in Westbury (Wilts). The loss of -w- is common in post-medieval pronunciation of names in -well. It was occasionally retained or restored in the modern surname forms Bridewell and Bridwell. These names derive from Old English wella wiella ‘stream spring’ and the first element is brȳd ‘bride’ (or in the Devon name possibly bridd ‘bird’). perhaps from Bride Hall in Sandridge (Herts) which is recorded as Brydelle 1294 and (as a surname) 1307 in
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016