Broadway
Early-attested site in the Parish of St Paul's Walden
Historical Forms
- Bradeweya 1119–46 Gesta
- Bradeweiam t.Ric1 Ch 1301
- Bradeweye 12th StAlbansN 1226 FF 1290–1301 Gesta
- Bardewey 1303 FA
- Bradeweyden 1436 Cassio
Etymology
Broadway (lost) is Bradeweya 1119–46 Gesta, Bradeweiam t. Ric 1 (1301) Ch, Bradeweye 12thStAlbansN , 1226FF , 1290–1301 Gesta, Bardewey 1303 FA, Bradeweyden 1436Cassio . Self-explanatory.This place has wrongly been identified with Broadway in Northchurch supra 50; it is a lost manor of St Albans, which never held land in Northchurch. See VCH ii, 408.