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.

Broomhills

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Burstead

Historical Forms

  • Westhouse, Westhowse 1539,1546 LP 1594 N
  • Broomehill 1694 Depositions
  • Broom Hill 1777 C
  • Bromdon 1209 FF

Etymology

Broomhills is Westhouse , Westhowse 1539, 1546 LP, 1594 N, Broomehill 1694Depositions , Broom Hill 1777 C. The hill may be the Bromdon of 1209 (FF). v. brom , dun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site