Broadway

Other current and historical names

Bradeweia

Built-Up Area: Broadway
Parish/Community: Broadway
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°2'9"N 1°51'37"W
Eastings/Northings: 409671, 237524
OS Grid: SP096375
Mapcode Local: GBR 3M6.BFW
Mapcode Global: VHB17.P3T1

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Broadway within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Broadway in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Broadway, par. and vil., E. Worcestershire, 5 miles SE. of Evesham, 4800 ac., pop. 1641; P.O., T.O. Charles I. encamped under Broadway Hill after the battle of Evesham.

Broadway in the Domesday Book

A village in Pershore hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Pershore St Mary
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one; Abbey of Pershore St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Pershore
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Pershore
- Taxable Value: 30 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £14 in 1066; £16 in 1086
- Households: 42 villagers; 8 slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 22 men's ploughs

British Place Names

Broadway, Worcestershire

Broadway is a village in Worcestershire

Broadway in historic gazetteers

Broadway in the Domesday Book