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.

Northbrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Puddletown

Historical Forms

  • Bynorthebrouk Ed3 ChrP 1372
  • Northebrook 1580 Wal

Etymology

, 1579Wal , 1811 OS , Bynorthebrouk Ed 3(1372) ChrP , Northebrook 1580Wal , cf. North Brook Md 1839TA , ' (place) to the north of the brook ' , v. , norðan , brōc ; it lies on N bank of R . Piddle or Trent .