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.
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Broomage
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
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Blachford
Cholwich Town
Dinnaton
Fardel
Lutton
Penn Moor
Rook
Stall Moor, Stalldown Barrow
Yadsworthy
Other OS name
Brook Barn
Corntown
Delamore Ho
Dendles Wood
Goodabrook Wood
Harrowthorne Plantation
Hawns
Heddon Down
Houndle
Langham Bridge
Pithill
Shell Top (hill)
Sherwill
Storridge Wood
Tolchmoor Gate
Uppaton
Watercombe
Wilkey's Moor
Wisdome
Yealm Head
Major Settlement
Cornwood