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.

Broadall's District

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ramsey

Historical Forms

  • Broadwall Fen 1766 J
  • Broadalls 1854 Hatfield'sDirectory

Etymology

The modern form is corrupt. The old name may have meant 'broad spring or stream,' v. wielle , and cf. Wallpool supra 202.