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.

Broad Oak

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Broadoke 1535 Kendii,97 1669
  • Broadoak(e) 1626 PR 1738 Rent

Etymology

, Broadoke 1535 (1669) Kend ii, 97, Broadoak (e )1626 PRet freq to1738 Rent , v. brād , āc , cf. Broad Oak ( s ) ( i , 74 supra , i , 104 , 189 infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site