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.

Broomfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Dalston

Historical Forms

  • Bromefeld 1424 CCt
  • broumfelde 1669 PR

Etymology

is Bromefeld 1424CCt ,broumfelde 1669 PR . Cf. brumfeild raw 1604 ib. , Bromfield place 1715EcclComm . v. brōm , feld and cf. Bromfield infra 272 .