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Broom Ballast Siding, Broom Close Coppice, Broom Ctgs

Other OS name in the Parish of Hawkchurch

Historical Forms

  • Broom Cl 1842 TA

Etymology

( a railway siding by a gravel pit ) ( the Broomeclose 1666 (1676),the higher Broomy close , the lower Broomy close 1676Pole , Broom Cl 1842TA ) , cf. Broome groundes 1639Pole , all named from Broom in Thorncombe par . infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement