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.

Broadwater

Early-attested site in the Parish of Knebworth

Historical Forms

  • Bradewater(e) 1221 FF 13th Wymondley
  • Bradwaterasshe 1391 Cl
  • Bradwater dyche 1541 Ct

Etymology

Broadwater is Bradewater (e )1221FF , 13thWymondley , Bradwaterasshe 1391 Cl, Bradwater dyche 1541Ct . For further forms v. the Hundred-name supra 117.