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.

Lambrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Netherbury

Historical Forms

  • Lambroc 1256 FF 1306 Forde 15
  • Lambrok(e) 1268 Ass 1288 1316 ib
  • Lambrock' 1288 Ass
  • Lambbrook 1811 OS
  • Lambrook Farm 1839 TA

Etymology

Lambrook (SY 475964), Lambroc 1256 FF (p), 1306 (15) Forde (p), Lambrok (e )1268Ass (p), 1288ib , 1316Brid (p), FA (p), Lambrock '1288Ass , Lambrouk (') 1321, 1332 SRboth (p), Lambbrook 1811 OS, Lambrook Farm 1839TA , probably 'lamb brook', that is 'brook where lambs are washed, or brook by which lambs are pastured', from lamb and brōc .Alternatively, the first el. could be lām 'loam'. The brook referred to, a tributary of R. Brit, flows by the farm.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement