 There is some evidence that the current settlement was a planned town – there is evidence of burgess plots, a grid pattern of streets and a wide market place.Abbas Bromley is recorded in the "Domesday Book" of 1086–7 as "Brunlege", when it was part of the land of St Mary of Burton.In 1227, a weekly market was confirmed by Royal Charter at the site of the Buttercross (recorded in 1339, the present structure said by Pevsner to date from the 17th century), which survives to the present.