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.

Bromham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bromham

Historical Forms

Bromham 1086 DB t.earlyWm2 BMFacs

Brumham 1086 ExonDB

Bromham al. Brumham 1760 Recov

Bramham 1168 P

Bromeham 1433 Cl 1458,1494 Pat 1576 FF

Etymology

'Broom ham or hamm (enclosure).'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name