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.
Survey of English place-names
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Broom
Broom
Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe
Etymology
, cf.
Bromehyll
1540Oliver .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Ford Abbey
Spearhay
Other OS name
Beerhall Fm
Cogan's Fm
Elmore Fm
Hewood
Holditch Court
Sadborrow
Synderford
Vembury
Westford Fm
Major Settlement
Thorncombe