Broil
Early-attested site in the Parish of Earls Barton
Historical Forms
- Bartonbruil 1324 Ipm
- le Broill of Barton 1331 Pat
- Berton Broyle 1401 FF
Etymology
Broil (lost) is Bartonbruil 1324 Ipm, le Broill of Barton 1331 Pat, Berton Broyle 1401FF . This is the word broil (LL brolium ) used for a park or wood stocked with deer or other beasts of the chase. Cf. Broyle (PN Sx 70) and Broyl subtus Schortewod (13thFor ) in Whittlewood. 'Here was antiently a wood called Barton - Broil ' (Bridges ii, 137).