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.

Blackbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Blakebroc, Blakebrok 1223 ClR 1229 Cl
  • Blakebroc parva 1251 DbAv 1276 Cl
  • Blackbroke, Blackbruck, Blackbrook 1477,1493 EveryCh

Etymology

Blackbrook, Blakebroc , Blakebrok 1223 ClR, 1229 Cl, Blakebroc parva 1251 DbA v, 1276 Cl et freq toBlackbroke , Blackbruck , Blackbrook 1477, 1493EveryCh et passim , being named from the brook on which it stands, v. Black Brook supra 3.