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.

Sambrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cheswardine

Historical Forms

  • Semebre 1086 DB
  • Sambroc 1255-6 Ass

Etymology

Probably 'sand brook', though some spellings with San (d )- might have been expected. Sambourn Wa has Sam -, Sand - and Som -.

Sambrook is a township of Chetwynd parish.