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Survey of English Place-Names

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Broad Rain

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Broad roan 1630 PR
  • Broad Rayne 1847 CWxxviii

Etymology

, 1706,1716Ct , Broad roan 1630 PR, Broad Rayne 1847 CW xxviii , v. brād , rān or rein ' boundary strip ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name