Broom

Other current and historical names

Brome

Built-Up Area: Broom
Parish/Community: Bidford-on-Avon
District/Borough: Stratford-on-Avon
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°10'41"N 1°52'21"W
Eastings/Northings: 408801, 253327
OS Grid: SP088533
Mapcode Local: GBR 3KG.FC3
Mapcode Global: VHB0G.HJB3

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Broom within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Broom in the Domesday Book

A village in Fernecumbe hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free men, five
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Stephen son of Erhard (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 10/- in 1070; £3 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 10 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 acres

British Place Names

Broom, Warwickshire

Broom is a village in Warwickshire

Broom in the Domesday Book