Broom (historically sometimes spelled "Broome") is a village in
South Yorkshire,
England and is located in the former
parish of
Whiston about southeast of
Rotherham.
Broom sits on top of a former
Roman fortification and was the site of a
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
trading town. The village currently has a population of 900. The town supports three
pubs, a
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club, Broom United, and numerous other small businesses.
References
Villages in South Yorkshire
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