Description
Grid reference: SX 41 89
Ecclesiastical parish in the county of Devon, but was part of the Diocese of Truro from 1875-1922. Archdeaconry of Cornwall, 1875-1878; Archdeaconry of Bodmin, 1878-1922. Deanery of Trigg Major.
Hundred of Lifton. Broadwoodwidger civil parish.
Chronological Sequence
Brawoda Vypund, 1273; Brodwodewiger, 1346-7; Brodewodewyger, 1347; Brodwodewyger, 1349; Brodwode Wyger, 1362; Broadwoodwidger, 1979, 1980
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Brawoda Vypund : 1273
Brodewodewiger : 1346-7
Brodewodewyger : 1347
Brodwodewyger : 1349
Brodwode Wyger : 1362
Broadwoodwidger : 1979, 1980
References
Brawoda Vypund
Hingeston-Randolph, 1889, p120, citing from 1273
Brodewodewiger
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1356, citing from 1346-7
Brodewodewyger
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1362, citing from 1347
Brodwodewyger
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1382, citing from 1349
Brodwode Wyger
Hingeston-Randolph, 1899, p1487, citing from 1362
Broadwoodwidger
Population 586.
Peskett, 1979, p96
Youngs, 1980, p79