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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 2434 inhabitants. The Gaelic word bellaidth, signifying "broom," has been considered by some as giving the name to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in 1409, and was taken down at the Dissolution. Barnham-Broom (St. Peter and St. Paul) BARNHAM-BROOM ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… called Byrd in Mat. Reg. [ 31] Bird, Emanuel s. James, of (Broom) Brougham, Westmorland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 14 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… E.) from Alcester; containing, with the hamlets of Barton, Broom, and Marcliff, 1567 inhabitants. This place is situated …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to have been originally "Bromwych," from the quantity of broom formerly growing in the neighbourhood; from which …