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.

Bromford

Other OS name in the Parish of Aston

Historical Forms

  • stagnum de Bramford 1285 Ass
  • Bromeford bridge c.1460 KES
  • Bromford Mill 1591 ParReg

Etymology

is stagnum de Bramford 1285Ass , Bromeford bridge c. 1460 KES, Bromford Mill 1591 ParReg . ' Broom-ford . ' Cf. Bromwich infra 40 .