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.

Bronkham Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterborne St Martin

Historical Forms

  • Bromcomb 1445 Weld1
  • Brancombe 1473 ib
  • (W) Branscombe, Branscombe Plain 1841 TA

Etymology

, Bromcomb 1445Weld 1, Brancombe 1473ib , (W ) Branscombe , Branscombe Plain 1841TA , ' broomvalley ' , v. brōm , cumb .