Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Brocw(u)de 1225 ClR 1234 Bracton

• bosco de Brocwod 1263 Ass

• Brokewode 1289 Cl 1353 Ipm

• Brokwodeshetth 1294 Ass

• Brocwode t.Ed3 For 1332 SR

• Brokewodbridge 1548 LRMB

• Brookewood 1598 SACxxvi

Etymology

Brookwood is Brocw (u )de 1225 ClR, 1234 Bracton, bosco de Brocwod 1263Ass , Brokewode 1289 Cl, 1353 Ipm, Brokwodeshetth 1294Ass , Brocwode t. Ed 3For , 1332 SR (p), Brokewodbridge 1548LRMB , Brookewood 1598 SAC xxvi. 'Brook wood,' referring to the small streams which rise here. 'Badger wood' (v. brocc ) seems less likely in view of the absence of spellings with a double c . In 1289 (Cl) we have mention of the “wood of Brokewode lying near Coresbrok. ” This probably gives us the name of the brook. Cf. also Coresbrok t. Hy 3For , t. Hy 3 AD iii, Coresbrook 1330 Ipm, Coresbrok 1354 Ipm, Coresbroke 1548LRMB , Cresbrok t. Ed 6Rental , Cos (e )bro (o )ke 1605LRMB . The first element may be the British cors , 'bog,' 'marsh,' but the persistent medial e is difficult. Cf. PN Wo 197–8, PN Sx 371.