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.

Broxhill

Other OS name in the Parish of Alderholt

Historical Forms

  • Brooke Hill e17 CecilMap
  • (an) brokhurste 944–6 BCS817(S513) 14

Etymology

, Brooke Hill e17CecilMap , v. brōc; possibly to be associatedwith (an ) brokhurste 944–6 (14) BCS 817(S 513) , v. hyrst .