The Community in General

Broom Green about 1900 [Z1306/106]

Landscape

Broom lies on the so-called Stanford-Broom Plateau, an area of gleyed brown earth overlying river gravels. The village stands between 115 and 130 feet above sea level.

 
Biggleswade Road Broom about 1900 [Z1306/106]

Name

The name of Broom is self explanatory. It comes from the historical prevalence of the plant in the area. The hamlet is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.

 
Broom Council Houses about 1950 [Z1306-106]

Administrative History

Broom is a hamlet of Southill in the Wixamtree hundred. The hamlet lies in the north east corner of the parish abutting Old Warden to the north and Biggleswade to the east. The hamlet of Stanford, also part of the parish of Southill, lies to the south.