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.

Great Bromley and Little Bromley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great and Little Bromley

Historical Forms

  • Brūbeleiam 1086 DB
  • Brumleā, Brumleiam 1086 DB
  • Brum(e)legh(a), Brum(e)leg(he), Brum(e)ley(e), Brum(e)le(ya), Brum(e)lee 1232 Bracton
  • Brum(e)lee Magna, Brum(e)lee Parva 1238 SR 1345 Ipm
  • Great Brummeley 1397 Pat
  • Bromleg(h) 1258 FF 1301 Ipm 1336 Londin
  • Bromele(y) 1272 FF
  • moche Bromele(y) 1552 EAS(NS)i
  • Brompleye 1341 NI
  • Brunlega a.1272 Colch
  • Bramley 1494 Ipm
  • Moche Brymley 1506 BM

Etymology

'Broom clearing,' v. brom , leah .

Places in the same Parish

None