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Survey of English Place-Names

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Broadoak

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westbury on Severn

Historical Forms

  • (la) Brodoke Thurne c.1275 For
  • Brodokewey 1282 ib
  • Broad(e) Oake 1595 Comm 1618 FF

Etymology

Broadoak, (la ) Brodoke Thurne c. 1275For , Brodokewey 1282 ib, Broad (e ) Oake 1595Comm , 1618FF . v. brād , āc , þyrne 'thorn-tree'. The manor court was in 1760 held at 'the dwelling house of Thomas Jackson, Innholder, commonly called Broad Oak' (Guise M. 11), cf. Westbury Hundred (195supra ).