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.

Bruckland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Axmouth

Historical Forms

  • Brochelanda 1086 DB
  • Broclanda 1156 France 1330 SR
  • Brokelond 1403 BM

Etymology

The modern form favours OE  broc rather than brocc. There is a stream here.

Places in the same Parish