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.

Broadheath, Upper and Lower

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Johns in Bedwardine

Historical Forms

  • Hethe 1240 WoP
  • le Brode 1327 SR 1418 FF
  • Broad Heath 1646 Townsend

Etymology

Self-explanatory.