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.

Flookersbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plemstall

Etymology

Flookersbrook, a hamlet in Newton, cf. 146infra , and partly in Hoole, named from Flooker's Brook 124 which also gave name to Brook Cottage & Brook Lodge 1831 Bry, the former on Hoole Rd infra near Ashby Place, the latter lost under the General Railway Station, Chester, which stands over the old course of the stream.