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Survey of English Place-Names

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Broomhead Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Bromyheued c.1280 YDv,70 1311,1335 ib
  • (le) Bromyhed(e) 1335 1385 SheffMan 1387,1398 YDv,75
  • Bromyhed juxta Uden 1380 ib
  • Brom(e)heued(e) a.1290 SheffMan
  • Bromheved in Halumshir 1367 YDv,74
  • Brom(e)hed 1379 PT 1441 SheffMan
  • Brom(e)head(e) 1422 SheffMan 1553 WillY 1625 SheffMan
  • Broomehead 1454 SheffMan
  • Broomhead-hall 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Headland overgrown with broom', v. brōmig (later replaced by brōm ), hēafod , which no doubt refers to the prominent hill rising up from Ewden Beck.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name