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.

Breydon Water

Other OS name in the Parish of Yarmouth

Historical Forms

  • Breþinghe 1269 Ass
  • Breything 1304 CtYarm
  • Bredyng 1462 Ch
  • Breydyng 1539 YAM
  • Broading 1697 CtYarm

Etymology

, Breþinghe 1269Ass , Breything 1304Ct Yarm , (aqua de ) Breything c. 1450, Breyding 1462Rec of Norw , Bredyng 1462 Ch, Breydyng 1539 YAM, Broading 1697Ct Yarm ; v. breiðr and - ing 2 ( cf. OWScand breiðingr 'broadening in a river' NG 12: 529 ff. ) , in 1697 Anglicized to Broading .