Broomfield

Other current and historical names

Brumfelda
Parsonage Green

Built-Up Area: Chelmsford
Parish/Community: Broomfield
District/Borough: Chelmsford
County: Essex
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°45'59"N 0°28'18"E
Eastings/Northings: 570655, 210434
OS Grid: TL706104
Mapcode Local: GBR PK5.626
Mapcode Global: VHJJW.4V7L

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

Broomfield in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Broomfield.-- par., NW. Essex, 2 miles N. of Chelmsford, 2224 ac., pop. 855; P.O., T.O.

Broomfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Chelmsford hundred, in the county of Essex.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Saewulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Geoffrey de Mandeville
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1070; £6 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 4 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 4 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 14 acres
- Woodland: 50 pigs
- Mills: 1

British Place Names

Broomfield, Essex

Broomfield is a village in Chelmsford, Essex

Broomfield in historic gazetteers

Broomfield in the Domesday Book