Hassenbrook Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanford-le-Hope
Historical Forms
- Hasing(h)ebroc 1086 DB
- Hasyngbrock 13th WalthamA
- Hassingeburc 1181 P
- Hassingbroch 1190 P
- Hassingbrock 13th WalthamA
- Hassingbrok(e) 1299 Ch 1324 Ipm
- Hassingbury 1397 IpmR
- Hassingburgh 1558–79 ChancP
- Hassyngbro(c)k(e) 1293 Extent 13th WalthamA 1324,1341 Cl
- Hassingbro 1321 Pat
- Hashelbrok 1259 Ass
- Hassigbroke 1267 Ass
- Hassynbrok 1353 Ct
- Assynbroke in the Hope 1389 IpmR
- Horsingbrook 1594 N
Etymology
The persistent ss in this name would seem to forbid our associating it with any personal name connected with OE hasu , 'grey' (PN in -ing 137). Rather we must look for an English cognate of OGer Hassa (Förstemann PN 786), found also perhaps in Hassingham (Nf), DBHasingeham . Hence 'brook of the people of Hassa ,' v. broc . For confusion of broc and burh in the second element cf. Sharnbrook (PN BedsHu 39) and Cornbrough (PN NRY 32). For in the Hope v. Stanford-le- Hopesupra 170.