Broomfield

Other current and historical names

Brunfelle

Parish/Community: Broomfield and Kingswood
District/Borough: Maidstone
County: Kent
Region: South East

Category: Populated Place
Type: Hamlet

Latitude/Longitude: 51°14'30"N 0°37'56"E
Eastings/Northings: 583846, 152458
OS Grid: TQ838524
Mapcode Local: GBR QT2.4QF
Mapcode Global: VHJMN.X16Y

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., mid. Kent, 6 miles SE. of Maidstone, 1449 ac., pop. 160.

Broomfield in the Domesday Book

A village in Eyhorne hundred, in the county of Kent.

- Overlord in 1066: Earl Godwin
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Robert the interpreter (farmed royal manor)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £5 5/- in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers; 10 smallholders; 12 slaves
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 1 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs
- Meadow: 8 acres
- Woodland: 20 swine render
- Mills: 1, value 6/7¼

British Place Names

Broomfield, Kent

Broomfield is a hamlet in Kent

Broomfield in historic gazetteers

Broomfield in the Domesday Book