Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Brochemtune 1086 DB

• Brochamton 1204 FineR 1225 FF 1268 Ass

• Brochampton(') 1225 Pat 1262 FF 1280 Ass 1367 Queens

• Brokham(p)ton(') 1268 Ass 1288 1432 Fine

• Brokham(p)ton(') by Gussych Allhallows' 1384 Cl

• Brokham(p)ton(') juxta Gussyche Omnium Sanctorum 1402 FA

• Brockamton' 1288 Ass

• Brokehampton 1444 Queens 1469 Midd

• Brockehampton 1564 Marten

• Brechamton 1244 Ass

• Broghampton(e) 1294,1295 Queens

• Brokinton 1575 Saxton

• Brockington 1620 CH 1774 Hutch1

• Brockington or Brockhampton 1869 Hutch3

Etymology

Probably, as indicated by the DB form in -hem -, 'farm of the Brōchǣme ' ('dwellers by the brook'), v. brōc , hǣme (gen.pl. hǣma ), tūn , cf. Witchampton par. supra ; on the possible presence of, or influence from, OE  hām-tūn in the forms, v. Tengstrand MN 97. For the DB identification, v. Eyton 111–2, Fägersten 93, DBGazetteer 117; VCHDo 3 87 identifies the DB form with Brockhampton in Buckland N. par. infra , a name which may be identical in origin with Brockington, cf. also Brockhampton Gl 1178. The farm lies beside R. Allen.