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.

Warmbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • Warm(e)broke 1415 DuLaMB 1484 CPG
  • -brook(e) 1420 1610 DuLa 1630 DuLaSC 1649 DuLa
  • Warme Brok 1473 Rental
  • le Warmbroke 1395 CPG

Etymology

Warmbrook, Warm (e )broke 1415DuLaMB , 1484CPG , -brook (e )1420 ib, 1610DuLa , 1630DuLaSC , 1649DuLa , Warme Brok 1473Rental . 'Warm stream', v. wearm , brōc , being named from the now unnamed nearby brook which is le Warmbroke 1395CPG .