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Brook Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • 'John Darlington of the Brookhowses' 1637 Sheaf2i,106
  • John house Derlynton 1475 VR

Etymology

Brook Ho (110–637679, a detached part of Whitegate, v. 164supra ), þe Brookhouses 1541–2 (1724), 1724 NotCestr (Orm2 ii 145 reads Brockhouses ), the Brokehowses 1542 Sheaf, Brooke-houses 1632 ib, the Brookhowses 1637 ib, Brookhouses 1642ChCert , Brookhouses in Swanlow 1671 Sheaf, Brockhouses 1819 Orm2, 'house(s) near a brook', after an un-named tributary of Bogart Brook 115, v. brōc , hūs . The context 'John Darlington of the Brookhowses '1637 Sheaf2 i, 106 suggests that this may be the location of John house Derlynton 1475 VR 150, 'John Darlington's house'.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site