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 Field

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hesket in the Forest

Historical Forms

  • le Bradefelde 1272 For
  • Broadfeild 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

'Broad stretch of open ground,' v. feld .