Broomley is a village in

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

, England. It is situated between Hexham and

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is ...

, to the south of the River Tyne. "Broomley School" is located not in Broomley, but in the neighbouring village of

Stocksfield Stocksfield is a small, yet sprawling commuter village situated close to the River Tyne, about west of Newcastle upon Tyne in the southern part of Northumberland, England. There are several smaller communities within the parish of Stocksfie ...

. Until 11 January 2019 Stocksfield Parish was officially called "Broomley and Stocksfield", and until 1 April 1955 it was called just "Broomley". Broomley Village - geograph

History

Dere Street Dere Street or Deere Street is a modern designation of a Roman road which ran north from Eboracum (York), crossing the Stanegate at Corbridge (Hadrian's Wall was crossed at the Portgate, just to the north) and continuing beyond into what is n ...

, a Roman road, passes close by Broomley to the southwest. The first records of the village date to the 13th Century when it was included in a list of possessions of the Barony of Balliol, and Adam the forester was granted a landholding in "Bromleye". Wheelbirks furnace, a

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to the south of the village, produced iron in the 16th Century. In 1856 an

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map showed a Baptist Church at the east end of the settlement and up to five farms of varying sizes.Northumberland County Council. ''Broomley Conservation Area Character Appraisal''.
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