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.

Bromwich Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northfield

Historical Forms

  • Bromwiche 1275 SR
  • Bromwychestude 1350 LyttCh
  • Bromwycheslond 1410–1431 LyttCh

Etymology

'Broom-grown dairy-farm,' v. brom , wic .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site