Its parish bounds stretch south to include Hackman's (formerly Hangman's) Gate and the agricultural settlement of Yieldingtree beyond it, both of which have their small manor houses.

Billings Directory of 1855 records that there was never a pub in Broome,[2] while the facetious John Noakes dismissed the village as "so devoid of notable features, that [its exclusion] would be no more noticed than the loss from Great Britain of any individual of the name of Smith".

[3] However, the old field names Nailer's Close and Kiln Pit suggest some local manufacture in its past.

[4] Until the end of World War 2, the main occupation in the village was agricultural, but now many of the smaller farms have disappeared.

The main building of the latter dates from the 18th century and has a facing of ashlar over a classical-styled front with a central Diocletian window.