The surname of BLOOM was a locational name 'of Brome' a parish in the diocese of Norwich, and there are places of the name in Bedfordshire, County Durham, Shropshire, Suffolk and Worcestershire. The name was derived from the Old English word BROM, literally meaning the dweller near the gorse of broom. Habitation names are derived from names denoting towns, villages, farmsteads or other named places, which include rivers, houses with signs on them, regions, or whole counties. The original bearer of the name who stayed in his area might be known by the name of his farm, or the locality in the parish; someone who moved to another town might be known by the name of his village; while someone who moved to another county could acquire the name of that county or the region from which he originated. Early records of the name mention Henry Brom, vicar of Great Ellingham, County Norfolk, 1312. Sir Roger de Brome of Brome Manor, County Norfolk, 1304. Edward Bloom of County Lancashire was documented during the reign of Edward III (1327-1377). Thomas Bloome of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Later instances of the name mention Thomas Bloome and Agnes Stempe who were married in London in the year 1583. William Bloom and Ann Young were married at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in 1805. The rise of surnames, according to the accepted theory, was due to the Norman Conquest of 1066 when Old English personal-names were rapidly superseded by the new christian names introduced by the Normans. Of these, only a few were really popular and in the 12th century this scarcity of christian names led to the increasing use of surnames to distinguish the numerous individuals of the same name. Some Normans had hereditary surnames before they came to England, but there is evidence that surnames would have developed in England even had there been no Norman Conquest. The development of the feudal system made it essential that the king should know exactly what service each person owed. Payments to and by the exchequer required that debtors and creditors should be particularized, and it became official that each individual acquired exact identification. The name has variant spellings which include Brome, Bloome and Blome. |
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