English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Highlane

Other OS name in the Parish of Eckington

Historical Forms

  • Holbroke 1489 AddCh
  • Howbrooke 1657 Hewitt

Etymology

, High Lane 1653 Holbrook , Holbroke 1489AddCh , Howbrooke 1657Hewitt , ' brook in a hollow ' , v. hol 2 , brōc .