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.

Lydbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Lu(i)debroc 1224 FF
  • Ludebrok(e) c.1275,1282 For 1306 Pat
  • Ludbro(o)k(e) 1436 MinAcct 1568 For 1642 Comm
  • Lodebro(o)k c.1275,1282 For 1327 SR 1396 Works
  • Luddebroke 1306 Ipm
  • Loudbrok 1375 FF
  • Lidbrooke, Lydbrooke 1616,1641 Comm

Etymology

'The stream called Hlȳde or the loud one', v. hlȳde , brōc , cf. Lydwell, Lidcombe (i, 76, ii, 25, etc. supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement