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.

Broadwell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Broadwell

Historical Forms

Bradewelle 1086 DB 1369 Ipm

Bradwella 1194 P

Bradeswell' 1190 P

Brodewell 1517 DInc

Etymology

'Broad stream,' v. brād , w(i)elle.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Cottesmore