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.

The Broomway

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Wakering

Historical Forms

  • Bromwey 1419 MinAcct

Etymology

( from Wakering Stairs , across the Maplin Stands , to Fisherman 's Head . Marked , but not named on O . S ) is Bromwey 1419MinAcct . It was probably so called because marked by broom - stakes .

Places in the same Parish