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.

Broughton Lythe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby Ravensworth

Historical Forms

Broctun(e) 1086 DB

Broghtonlyth(e) 1184 RichReg 1289 Abbr

Etymology

'Slope by the farm on the stream' v. broc , tun and hlið .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site