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.