BROADHOLME, a hamlet in the parish of THoRNEY, northern division of the wapentake of NEWARK, county of NOTTINGHAM, 11 miles (B. by N.) from Tuxford, containing 57 inhabitants. A small Premonstratensian nunnery was founded here in the latter part of the reign of Stephen, by Agnes de Camvile, in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the revenue of which, in the 26th of Henry VIII., was estimated at £16. 15. 2.