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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brockley ( Orchd )

Field in the Parish of Compton Abbas

Historical Forms

  • 1842 TA

Etymology

Brockley(Orchd)(v. lēah, first el. probably brōc, cf. Jacob atte Bro(u)k(e) 1327,1332, 1340,'at the brook', John Byyandebrouke 1327, William Bynghandebrouk'(sic) 1332,'beyond the brook', v. atte, begeondan)