English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Broomham

Other OS name in the Parish of Heathfield

Historical Forms

  • Bromham(e) 1296,1327 SR 1340 NI
  • Brownedown' 1391 Add

Etymology

is Bromham (e )1296, 1327 SR, 1340 NI (all p),v. brom, hamm. Browndown (6″) is Brownedown '1391Add . ' Brown hill . '