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.

Broxbourne

Major Settlement in the Parish of Broxbourne

Historical Forms

  • Brochesborne 1086 DB
  • Brochesburne 1174 P
  • Brokesborne 1203 FF 1494 et passim
  • Brocheburn 1173 P
  • Broxborn 1511 FF

Etymology

'Badger's stream' or possibly 'stream of a man named Brocc ,' v. brocc , burna .