Brockworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brockworth
Historical Forms
- Brocowardinge 1086 DB
- Brokw(u)rthin, Brocw(u)rthin 1183 P 1221,1248 Ass
- Brocwurdin 1196 P
- Brocwordyn J Monast
- Brocwordin 1199 ChR
- Brocwrd, Bro(c)kwrd, Bro(c)kw(o)rth(e), Bro(c)kw(u)rth(e) c.1210 GlR 1211–13 Fees 1221 Ass 1236 Fees c.1243 GlChi,31 1248 Ass 1692 PR
- Brochewurtha 1177 P
- Brochworth(e) 1220 Fees 1243–63 Glouc
- Brocwurthy 1221 Ass
- Brokeworth(e), Brokewurth 1276 RH 1284 Episc 1307 Orig 1529 GlR
Etymology
'Enclosure by the brook', v. brōc , worð , with the spellings in -wurthin , etc. from the Merc. worðign and the single -wurthy from the WSax variant worðig (cf. Introd.). The brook is Horsbere Brook (i, 8supra ).