From: tgpedersen
Message: 44353
Date: 2006-04-21
>> Anyway I think this idea fliesfrom OE
> > better than Brambleville. ;-)
>
> What about Bromley (St. Leonard = modern B.-by-Bow), which comes
> bræm(b)el le:ah 'bramble-meadow'? There are many "broom"and "bramble"
> placenames all over England (the other London Bromley is OE bro:mle:ah
> 'broom-meadow'!).Is that a river I see there?
>