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 Meadow

Early-attested site in the Parish of King's Norton

Historical Forms

  • Brademedwe 1237 LibPens 1275 SR 1240 WoP
  • Brademedewe 1311 Pat

Etymology

Self-explanatory. Here as in Broadwas and Broadway supra 103, 191, Broad - has taken the place of regular Brad -.