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.

Northbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirtlington

Historical Forms

  • Norbroc 1086 DB
  • Norbrok' 1242–3 Fees
  • Norbrok 1246 Ch
  • Nortbroc 1086 DB 1278–9 RH
  • Northbrok 1190 Os
  • Northebroka c.1210–28 Frid c.1425
  • Northebrok c.1325 Frid c.1425
  • (Hampton cum) Northbroc Gaitorum 1389 Os
  • Northbroke Gaytorum 1413 Os
  • Nordbroch' 1192 P
  • Nordebroch' 1193,4,5 P
  • Nobroc c.1200 StJohn
  • Norhbrok', Norhbroke c.1230 StJohn
  • Norhbroc 1278–9 RH

Etymology

'North brook,' v. brōc . Gaitorum from the family whose name survives in that of Hampton Gay, supra 214.