Leighton Bromswold

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Leighton Bromswold is a village in the English county of Cambridgeshire.

There are a number of theories about the village's name but the most likely is that "Leighton" is a Saxon term meaning a clearing in the woods. The "Bromswold" was added by the Dean of Lincoln in whose diocese the town was in the 12th century. He had two communities called "Leighton" and in order to differentiate them he added the name of his local Prebendary or representative to that of the town. The other Leighton became Leighton Buzzard.