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.

Meersbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Norton

Historical Forms

  • Meresbroke 12th Pat 1316 Ass 1269 CampbCh 1328
  • Meresbroc Ed1 Beau

Etymology

Meersbrook, Meresbroke 12th (1316) Pat, 1269Ass , 1328CampbCh , Meresbroc Ed 1Beau , being named from the stream on which it lies, v. Meers Brook supra 12.