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.

Lashbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shiplake

Historical Forms

  • Lachebroc 1086 DB 1517 DInc
  • Lechebroc 1206 P 1285 Ass
  • Lethisbroc c.1250 AD
  • Lathebroc 1254–5,1278–9(p) RH
  • Lathebroke 1268 Ass
  • Lathebrok' 1275–6 RH
  • Lichebroke 1285 Ass
  • Lasebroke 1556 Bodl
  • Lasshebroke 1564 Bodl
  • Lachbroke 1595 Bodl
  • Lask Brook 1797 Davis
  • Lysbrook 1822 O.S.

Etymology

First element the word which gives ME  lache, leche, 'stream flowing through boggy land,' cf. Latchford 129. Second element brōc .