Broadmoor (EN) / Halledan (KW)

Type: 
Parish: 
Hundred: 
Elements: 

hal

Meaning: 
marsh, moor

ledan

Meaning: 
wide
Elements notes: 
EMF: WS<brád> ‘broad’ + WS<mōr> ‘moor’ECF: <hal> ‘moor’ + <ledan> ‘broad’
Historic forms: 
Bordamor 1337 (CS) (Svensson, 1987) Brademore 1337 (CS) (Svensson, 1987) Brademere 1337 (CS) (Svensson, 1987) Brademore 1338 (Gover, 1948) Broadmoor 1748 (Martyn, 1748) Broadmoor 1856 (OS, 1856) Broadmoor (OS, 1868) Broadmoor 1884 (2 farms)(Symons, 1884) Broadmoor (OS, 1889) Broadmoor Wood (OS, 1889) Broadmoor (OS, 1907) Broadmoor Wood (OS, 1907)