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 .