Bromsberrow
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bromsberrow
Historical Forms
- Bremes burh, æt Bremes byrig 910 ASC 11
- Brvnmeberge 1086 DB
- Bremeberg(a) 1166 P
- Brembesbergwe 1221 Ass
- Bremesberge 1221 1280 Heref
- Bremesberwe 1318 ib
- Bremesburgh 1412 Ipm
- Bremmesbergh 1320 Ass 1349 Heref
- Bromesberg(a), Bromesberg(h), Bromesberegh c.1180 France 13 Misc 1204 P 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1292 Abbr
- Bromesburghe 1279 Heref
- Bromesberu(w)e, Bromesber(e)w(e) 1283 Ipm 1288 Talbot 1316 FA 1411 Pat
- Bromesborowe 1446 Pat
- Bromesbarowe, Bromesbarewe 1451 Talbot 1468 Pat 1584 Comm
- Bromsbarrowe als. Bromesboroughe 1625 FF
- Brommesberg(h)e 1255 Cl 1337,1520 FF
- Brommysbarrou 1436 Hopt
- Brymmesbar(e)we 1291 Tax 1367 FF 1420 IpmR
- Brymmesbergh 1362,1387 FF
- Brymmesburgh 1515–29 ECP
- Bromsberuwe 1318 Heref
- Bromsbury 1674 PR
- Broum(e)sberwe 1320 FF
- Broum(e)sbergh 1337 ib
Etymology
'Brēme's hill' (from OE Brēme ) or 'hill where broom grew', v. brēme , brōm , beorg , and cf. Brimscombe (i, 141supra ). The second alternative seems more likely; cf. the local f.ns. Broomy banks, Broomy Pauls, Bromeshurste and Bromeswell (infra ), all referring to broom . The identification of the OE form with Bromsberrow (suggested by Plummer ii, 119) is doubtful, though a few later spellings of Bromsberrow also have the substitution of burh 'fort'.