Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• on Holambrok', of þan brok' 968 Glast(S764) 14

• Holebrok(e) e14 GlastE 1338–40 Glast

• (hayam extra Rivulum de) Holebrok(e) m14 Glast 1412 FA

• Holebrouk' 1307 ForReg 15 SR 1332

• Holbroke 1545 Salkeld 1603 Weld2

• Holbrooke (Tenement) 1629,1714 Salkeld

• Holebrooke 1795 Boswell

• Holebrooke Green 1811 OS

Etymology

Holebrook Fm, Holebrook Green, Holebrook Water (ST 749118), on Holambrok ', of þan brok '968 (14) Glast (S 764), Holebrok (e )e14GlastE , 1338–40 Glast, (hayam extra Rivulum de ) Holebrok (e )m14Glast , 1412 FA, Holebrouk '1307 (15) ForReg (p), 1332 SR (p), Holbroke 1545Salkeld , 1603Weld 2, Holbrooke (Tenement )1629, 1714Salkeld , Holebrooke 1795 Boswell, Holebrooke Green 1811 OS, 'stream running in a deep hollow', v. hol 2 (wk.obl. -an ), brōc . The stream is a tributary of R. Lydden and forms the par. bdy between Lydlinch and Sturminster Newton, the first spelling being from the Anglo-Saxon bounds of the latter. A ford is marked (6″) at Holebrook Water, cf. pontem atte Henries de Holebrok ', pontem de Henries de Holebrok 'm14Glast , 1338–40 Glast, Henry de Holebrouk '1332 SR.