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.

Broom

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckland Monachorum

Historical Forms

  • la Bromen 1306 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) was the home of William de la Bromen (1306Ass ) . The 14th cent. form represents the ME weak plural form , v. Pitten infra 263 .