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.

Danes Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Boarstall

Historical Forms

  • Denebrok(e) c.1294 StFrides 1300 For

Etymology

'Valley brook' v. denu , broc . The modern form is corrupt.For a possible second name for this stream v. infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement