Place:


Broomy  Hampshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broomy like this:

BROOMY-WALK, an extra-parochial tract in Harbridge and Ellingham parishes, Hants; in the New Forest, on the river Avon, 2½ miles N of Ringwood. It includes Broom or Broomy Lodge; and comprises 6,880 acres.

Broomy through time

Broomy is now part of New Forest district. Click here for graphs and data of how New Forest has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broomy itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broomy, in New Forest and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3478

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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