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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.

Bromley Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Ormside

Historical Forms

  • Bromley 1681 Hothf 1704 Terr
  • Brumley, -la 1692,1693,1704 Hothf
  • Bramley, Broomley 1843 TA

Etymology

, Bromley 1681Hothf , 1704 Terr, Brumley , -la 1692, 1693, 1704Hothf , Bramley , Broomley 1843TA , ' broom clearing ' , v. brōm , lēah , cf. Phonol. §16 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement