Broadfield Hill
hill or mountain · Renfrewshire · 236m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This is a hill named for its wide appearance. 'Field' refers to open land.
Word origins
- Broad
- Old EnglishAttestedwide, extensive(from brād "wide")
- Field
- Old Englishopen land, cultivated land(from feld "field")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")