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.

Broad Town

Parish in the County of Wiltshire

Etymology

A modern parish formed chiefly from Clyffe Pypard, partly from Broad Hinton in Selkley Hundred.

Major Settlements

Other places in this Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name