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.

Holbrook Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Burlescombe

Historical Forms

  • (to) holon broce, (to) holan broces (heafdun) 958 BCS1027
  • Holebrok 1238 Ass

Etymology

'Hollow brook.'