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Brook Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • 'John Darlington of the Brookhowses' 1637 Sheaf2i,106
  • John house Derlynton 1475 VR

Etymology

Brook Ho (110–637679, a detached part of Whitegate, v. 164supra ), þe Brookhouses 1541–2 (1724), 1724 NotCestr (Orm2 ii 145 reads Brockhouses ), the Brokehowses 1542 Sheaf, Brooke-houses 1632 ib, the Brookhowses 1637 ib, Brookhouses 1642ChCert , Brookhouses in Swanlow 1671 Sheaf, Brockhouses 1819 Orm2, 'house(s) near a brook', after an un-named tributary of Bogart Brook 115, v. brōc , hūs . The context 'John Darlington of the Brookhowses '1637 Sheaf2 i, 106 suggests that this may be the location of John house Derlynton 1475 VR 150, 'John Darlington's house'.

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