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Survey of English Place-Names

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Castle Bromwich

Major Settlement in the Parish of Castle Bromwich

Historical Forms

  • Bramewice 1168 P
  • Bromwice 1199 FF
  • Bromwyz 1284 ib
  • Bromwych 1292 Ipm
  • Bromwych by Colleshull 1292 Pat
  • Castelbromwic, Chastelbromwix 13th BirmDeed
  • Brumwyz Castel 1262 Ass
  • Chastelbrunwyz 1272 ib
  • Castellbrunnewyz 1287 FF
  • Chastel de Bromwych 1287 Cl
  • Castel Bromwich 1322 Ipm 1360 ADv 1435 ADii 1549 Pat
  • Castel Brumwych 1401 ADiv
  • Castle Bromage 1667 HT
  • Wodebromwych 1285 Ass, 1291 Ipm, 1307 Ass
  • Wodybromwyz 1288 ib.
  • Wody Bromwyche 1358 BM

Etymology

'Village in the broom (district),' v. brom , wic . The first form shows shortening of OE ō to a as in Brandon infra 157. Castle to distinguish from Little Bromwich supra 32 and West Bromwich (St). The castle is an early 12th-century motte north of the church. Cf. Henry del Chattel de Bromwych (1287 Cl) and Thomas of the Castel of Bromwich (1374 AD ii). A lost place, either in this parish or in Aston, was Wodebromwych 1285Ass , 1291 Ipm, 1307Ass , Wodybromwyz 1288 ib., Wody Bromwyche 1358 BM. v. wudu .