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Survey of English Place-Names

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Danes Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Boarstall

Historical Forms

  • Denebrok(e) c.1294 StFrides 1300 For

Etymology

'Valley brook' v. denu , broc . The modern form is corrupt.For a possible second name for this stream v. infra .

Places in the same Parish