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.

Broomfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Withyham

Historical Forms

  • Bromfelde 1334 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bromfelde 1334Ass and perhaps gave name to William de Bromfeld of Frant ( 1296 SR ) .