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Bloomhills Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Dunton Bassett

Historical Forms

  • Bloomhill 1697,1700,1703,1709 Terrier
  • Bloonhill (sic) 1724 ib
  • Blomhill 1745,1762 ib
  • Bloom Hills 1925 Kelly

Etymology

, Bloomhill 1697, 1700, 1703, 1709Terrier , Bloonhill (sic)1724ib , Blomhill 1745, 1762ib , Bloom Hills 1925 Kelly ; no early forms , but poss . with blōma ' a lump or ingot ofmetal ' , denoting a place used for smelting , the surn . Bloom , metonymic for blōmere ' a smelter, an iron-worker ' also being possible .