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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.

Black Brook

Field in the Parish of Theddingworth

Historical Forms

  • c.1965 Surv
  • Middle Black ( e ) Brook ( e ) 1696 Map
  • Neather Black ( e ) Brook ( e ) 1696 Map
  • Upper Black ( e ) Brook ( e ) 1696 Map
  • Black ( e ) Brook ( e ) 1696 Map

Etymology

Black Brook (Middle Black (e) Brook (e), Neather Black (e) Brook (e), Upper Black (e) Brook (e), Black (e) Brook (e) 1696, v. blæc, brōc)