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.

Hornbrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Kelly

Historical Forms

  • Hornebrok(e) 1325 Ass 1482 IpmR

Etymology

is Hornebrok (e )1325Ass , 1482 IpmR , v. horn , broc . There is a spur of land above the little stream here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement