Lawbrook
Early-attested site in the Parish of Shere with Gomshall
Historical Forms
- Laybroke 1283 Ct
- Leybroke, Laybroke 1314 Rental
- Leybrokes 1511 LP
- Laybrook House 1765 R.
Etymology
Lawbrook is Laybroke 1283Ct , Leybroke , Laybroke 1314Rental (p), Leybrokes 1511 LP, Labrookes 1625, Lawbrookes 1713Ct , Laybrook House 1765 R. The name is identical with Laybrook (PN Sx 181) and Leybrook in Ringwood (Ha), Laybroke 1323 WintonCart. All these contain OE læge, 'fallow, unploughed,' as in læg -æcer (BCS 964), þæm ealdan læg hrycge (BCS 924), and cf. lea-rig in NED. broc has its common southern English sense of 'low-lying land.'
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Gomshall
- West Chart
- Holmbury St Mary and Holmbury Hill
- Hazel Hall
- Netley Ho and Heath
- Peaslake
- Sutton
- Tenningshook Wood
- Wolvens Fm
- Cotterell's Fm
- Hurt Wood
- Felday
Other OS name
- Burrows Lea
- Combe Bottom
- Dick's Hill
- Dilton Fm
- Drydown Fm
- Gomshall Marsh
- Hatch Fm
- High House Fm
- Hollister Fm
- Hound Ho
- Kingswood Hanger
- Lane End Fm
- Medlands Fm
- Moseley Copse
- Mother Webbs Corner
- Pitland Street
- Towerhill Fm
- Barnet Wood
- Bently Cottages and Copse
- Colekitchen Fm
- Staplelane Copse
- Chantry Lane and Bridge
- Spurfold Copse
- West Hanger
- Wickhams Copse
- Burrows Cross
- Purser's Fm