Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
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Little Lashbrook
Little Lashbrook
Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornbury
Historical Forms
Lechebroch
1219
Ass
Little Lechebroc
1228
FF
Lettellelechebrok
1256
Ass
Lychebrok
1286
Ass
Etymology
'Sluggish stream,' cf. Lashbrook
supra
132.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Thorne
Bagbeare
Lashbrook Week
Ley
Lopthorne
Early-attested site
Wonford
Major Settlement
Thornbury