Broad Clyst
Major Settlement in the Parish of Broad Clyst
Historical Forms
- Glistun 11th ASC
- Gliston' 1237 Cl
- Clistunes gildscipe 1072–1103 Earle
- Cliston(a) 1086 DB 1212 Fees98 1273 Exon 1291 Tax
- Brodeclyste 1372 Exon
- Clyston al. Brodeclyst 1413 Exon
Etymology
'Farm on the Clyst' supra 3, v. tun . For broad in the sense of great , cf. supra 426.