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.

Brumcombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sunningwell

Historical Forms

  • (to) bromcumbes (heafod) 955 BCS906 c.1200

Etymology

Brumcombe, (to ) bromcumbes (heafod )955 (c. 1200) BCS 906, 'broom valley', v. brōm , cumb .