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.

Brockholes

Other OS name in the Parish of Gretton

Historical Forms

  • Brockholes 1614 Clayton
  • Brockholds copies 1669 ib

Etymology

( B ) is Brockholes 1614Clayton , Brockholds copies 1669 ib. , ' badger holes , ' cf. Brockhall supra 80 .

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