Broadlowash
Early-attested site in the Parish of Thorpe
Historical Forms
- Bredelawe 1086 DB
- Bredlawe 1259 RadCh 1277 Pat 1280 1330 Ass 1330 QW 1373 WollCh
- Bred(e)lowe 1229 DbAxxxii 1251 Ch 1269 DbAxxxii 1269 Ass 1417 MinAcct
- Bred(e)lowe juxte Assheburne 1373 Gaunt
- Brad(e)low(e) 1308 WollCh 1328 Pat 1364 DbCh 1485 DbCh
- Grangeam vocat' Bradhaw al' voc' Bradlowe Asshes 1508 DuLaMB
- Grange called Bradlawe otherwise Bradlawashes 1561 Lanc
- Bradlowe als Bradlowe Washes 1607 MinAcct
- Brad(e)ley Ash(e) 1522,1523 DbCh 1567 DuLaSC 1601 DbAxvi 1611 Bemrose
Etymology
'Broad hill or burial-mound', v. hlāw ; the first element is possibly an OE *brǣd, an i -mutated variant of brād . Later confusion has taken place between hlāw and lēah . The later added -ash must have been due to some prominent ash-tree there (v. æsc ); cf. Asshe Flatte 1449 RadCh.