Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bromlegam 1145 SherC 12

• Bromley(e) 1280 Ass 1295 Ipm 1303,1361 Cl

• Bromlegh 1295 Ipm

• Bromlegh juxta Abbotestok 1318 Drew 1319 Pat 1322 ChancW

• Bromle 1378 Cl 1400 Fine

• Bromley 1774 Hutch1

• Bromeley(e) 1298 Pat 1488 Ipm

• Bromele 1306 Drew 1392 IpmR

• Bromelegh juxta Stoke Abbatis 1309 Drew

• Bromleygh 1428 FA

• Bremeleygh 1412 FA

• Bremleygh 1431 ib

• Bremley 1441 ADI

• Brimley 1811 OS

• Brimley Farm 1839 TA

• Capell' S'ci Mich'is in man'io de Bromele 1447 Bodl

• 'chapel of Stoke Abbot' 1378 Pat

Etymology

'Woodland clearing where broom grows', from brōm and lēah , the later spellings showing the influence of brēmel 'bramble', cf. Brimley PN D 411, 467, 619, 626, and Brimley in Hawkchurch par. supra . There was once a chapel here: Capell ' S 'ci Mich 'is in man 'io de Bromele 1447Bodl , perhaps identical with 'chapel of Stoke Abbot '1378 Pat.