Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bramewice 1168 P

• Bromwice 1199 FF

• Bromwyz 1284 ib

• Bromwych 1292 Ipm

• Bromwych by Colleshull 1292 Pat

• Castelbromwic, Chastelbromwix 13th BirmDeed

• Brumwyz Castel 1262 Ass

• Chastelbrunwyz 1272 ib

• Castellbrunnewyz 1287 FF

• Chastel de Bromwych 1287 Cl

• Castel Bromwich 1322 Ipm 1360 ADv 1435 ADii 1549 Pat

• Castel Brumwych 1401 ADiv

• Castle Bromage 1667 HT

• Wodebromwych 1285 Ass, 1291 Ipm, 1307 Ass

• Wodybromwyz 1288 ib.

• Wody Bromwyche 1358 BM

Etymology

'Village in the broom (district),' v. brom , wic . The first form shows shortening of OE ō to a as in Brandon infra 157. Castle to distinguish from Little Bromwich supra 32 and West Bromwich (St). The castle is an early 12th-century motte north of the church. Cf. Henry del Chattel de Bromwych (1287 Cl) and Thomas of the Castel of Bromwich (1374 AD ii). A lost place, either in this parish or in Aston, was Wodebromwych 1285Ass , 1291 Ipm, 1307Ass , Wodybromwyz 1288 ib., Wody Bromwyche 1358 BM. v. wudu .