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.

The Brocas

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eton Wick

Historical Forms

  • Brocas Crofte 1486 ADv

Etymology

This apparently takes its name from one John Brocas, surveyor of works in Windsor Castle in the 14th cent., who owned land here (cf. Tighe and Davis, Annals of Windsor. i. 106).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement