English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

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.