English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Leighton Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Nantwich

Historical Forms

  • Leighton (or South) Brook 1950 Chaloner

Etymology

( R . Weaver ) , Leighton (or South )Brook 1950 Chaloner , cf. de la Brook , de Doito 1277 (1666) Orm2 (p)et freq with spellings ( le ) Broc , Broke , etc . , the surname of the manorial lords of Leighton , v. brōc , sūð .