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.

the Broad water

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • the Broad water 1601 Terrier 1612 Terrier 1625 Terrier
  • the great water 1648 Terrier

Etymology

the Broad water 1601, 1612, 1625 (presum. later called the great water 1648, v. brād, wæter)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement