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.

Broadwoodwidger

Major Settlement in the Parish of Broadwoodwidger

Historical Forms

  • Brade(w)oda 1086 DB
  • Bradwode 1282 Exon
  • Brawod' 1242 Fees776
  • Brawod' Vypund 1273 Exon
  • Brodewode 1279 Cl
  • Brodwod 1303 FA
  • Brod(e)wode Wyger 1306 Ipm 1332 Pat

Etymology

'Broad wood,' v. brad , wudu . The manor was held in 1242 by Richard de Veteri Ponte (i.e. Vypund ), but had passed to the Wyger family by 1273.