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.

Brockhurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blymhill

Historical Forms

  • Brokhurst 1349,1365 Ipm 1361 Pat
  • freq., Brokehurst 1424 Banco
  • Brockhurst(e) 1533,1544 StaffAcc 1545to1620 FF 1586,1609 QSR 1732 Blymhill 1833 O
  • Ruscote 1086 DB

Etymology

Brockhurst, Brokhurst 1349, 1365 Ipm, 1361 Patet freq. , Brokehurst 1424 Banco, Brockhurst (e )1533, 1544StaffAcc , 1545 to 1620 FF, 1586, 1609 QSR, 1732 Blymhill, 1833 O, 'the copse frequented by badgers', v. brocc , hyrst . Brockhurst has been identified with Ruscote 1086 DB (v. rysc , cot(e)), v. VCH iv, 53 and SHC 1923, 31–2.