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.

Broadslack

Other OS name in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Historical Forms

  • Broadslack(e) 1617–1641 PR
  • Braidslacke 1631 ib

Etymology

, Broadslack (e )1617–1641 PR (freq ), Braidslacke 1631 ib , ' broad hollow ' , v. brād , slakki .