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Broadwater Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Turkdean

Historical Forms

  • Brod(e)water, Broadwater 1574 GR158 1578 BrtCt 1639 Inq

Etymology

, Brod (e )water , Broadwater 1574GR 158, 1578BrtCt , 1639 Inq , ' broad stream ' , v. brād , wæter , the stream which comes from Turkdean and is crossed here by Fosse Way .