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.

Broadford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • the brode fore 1558 TestLds
  • Broad foard (beck) 1607 Surv 1709 WMB
  • Brodfurre 1610 Surv

Etymology

Broadford (lost), the brode fore 1558 TestLds, Broad foard (beck )1607Surv , 1709 WMB, Brodfurre 1610Surv . v. brād , ford . From the earlier references it appears to have been near Alverthorpe; cf. Bradford Hall 161supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site