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.

Broomage

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cornwood

Historical Forms

  • Bromwic 1249 Ass
  • Bromwych, Nytherbromwyche, Nether Bromeweche 1282 BM

Etymology

'Broom farm,' v. wic .