Breamore
county:
coords:
Hampshire
SU1617
otherwise: Brumore, 1086; Brommore, 1130
BREAMORE, liberty
Hypothetical Old English 'Brommor'='broom( covered) marsh'. The village is beside the Avon and surrounded by ponds. Forms representing the modern pronunciation, whose origin has not been accounted for, are seen from 1245 'Bremmora' 1544 'Bremmer'. There may have been a Middle English adjective hypothetical 'bremen'='broom grown' whose form could have influenced the place name. The element 'brom' shows an oddly frequent, and early, tendency to unround the vowel to 'a' when shortened (cf BRAMLEY and ctrst. TOTTON).
Every parish in Hampshire whose name includes 'brom' or a relative has unenclosed common surviving today (Tavener 1957). This is testimony to the durability of soil conditions. Common is in general rather rare in Hampshire away from the SW and extreme NE of the county. The survival of a pocket of it in BRAMDEAN, a chalkland parish in the centre of the county is striking.
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, village - Fordingbridge Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Fordingbridg Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Fording Bridge Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Fordi~cbridge Hundred - Hantshire
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Fordingbridg Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
Listed in Domesday Book
- Fordingebrige Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
TERRA REGIS ... BRVMORE thtin~ huic M~ suthiori qd ten. rex et rex E tenuit ...
Listed in Domesday Book
- Fordingebrige Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
