A piece of land with the name Broad Mead in Henford Marsh is numbered 71 on a map of the Eastleigh and Warminster estates of Sir John Dugdale Astley in Warminster, Bishopstrow, Sutton Veny, Norton Bavant and Upton Scudamore. This map, dated 1835, is in the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre at Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 2QN. (reference 3330/2L).
A key at the base of the map gives the following details:
71
Premises: Broad Mead in Henford Marsh.
Occupier: Noah Carpenter.
State: w mead [water meadow].
Measure: 7 acres, 1 rood, 0 perches.
Parish: Norton Bavant.