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.

Brookthorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Brookthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Brostorp 1086 DB
  • Brocht(h)rop 1096–1112,1138,1148–63 Glouc
  • Brochrop 1217 ClR
  • Brocþrop(e), Brokþrop(e), Brokthrop(e) 12 Glouc 1221 Eyre 1268 Episc 1354 Ch
  • Broktrop 1102–12 Glouc 1137 Monast 1347 GlR
  • Brokthorp(e) 1226 ClR 1226–8 Fees 1374 Ipm
  • Brockrop 1289 Episc
  • Brock(e)thorpe 1294 Cl 1620 FF
  • Brockthrop 1654 PR
  • Brokethorp 1294 Ipm 1535 VE
  • Brokethrope c.1560 Surv
  • Brook(e)throp(e) 1535 VE 1676 PR
  • Bruckthorp 1577,1610 M

Etymology

'Outlying farmstead near the brook', v. brōc , þrop .