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.

Brooklands Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Wambrook

Historical Forms

  • claus' voc' Broklande 1550 Midd
  • Hr Brockland & Lr Brockland 1844 TA

Etymology

, claus ' voc ' Broklande 1550Midd , Hr Brockland & Lr Brockland 1844TA , cf. Broke 1516, 1550Midd , Brokeacre 1550Midd , v. brōc , land , æcer , par . name supra .