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 Highway

Other OS name in the Parish of Wheldrake

Historical Forms

Braithegate(thwait) 1235 Font

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) may be identical with Braithegate (thwait )1235 Font . ' Broad road , ' v. breiðr , gata .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement