Broomfield

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proper noun

A hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3448).

OriginOld English brōm →
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Meanings

proper nounBroomfield (countable and uncountable, plural Broomfields)

plural Broomfields

  1. A place in England:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Dalston parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY3448).
    2. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in City of Chelmsford district, Essex (OS grid ref TL7010).
    3. countableuncountableA village near Herne Bay in Herne and Broomfield parish, City of Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR1966).
    4. countableuncountableA village in Broomfield and Kingswood parish, Maidstone district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8352).
    5. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST2231).
    6. countableuncountableA hamlet in Yatton Keynell parish, north-west of Chippenham, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8778).
  2. countableuncountableA settlement near Ellon, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9632).
  3. countableuncountableA consolidated city and county in Colorado, United States.
  4. countableuncountableA town in the Shire of Hepburn, central western Victoria, Australia.
  5. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbrōm“broom, gorse”
  2. EnglishBroomfield

From Old English brōm (“broom, gorse”) + feld (“field”).

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Cite this entry
APA

Broomfield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broomfield

MLA

“Broomfield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broomfield. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Broomfield,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Broomfield.

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