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.

West Meadow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadway

Historical Forms

  • West mæduwan, medwan 972 BCS1282 c.1050

Etymology

Mr C. A. Seyler informs us that this name still survives in a field-name in Peasebrook Farm. It is named also in the Enclosure Award of 1767.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement