Description
Broadholme, a township in Thorney parish, Notts, on the verge of the county, 7 miles W of Lincoln, 136 from London and 5 from Saxilby railway station. Acreage, 640 ; population, 102. A small nunnery was founded here in the reign of Stephen by Agnes de Camville, and given in the time of Elizabeth to John Corners and William Haber.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
