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.

Horsebrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brewood

Historical Forms

  • Horsebroc 1262–72 BrewoodCh
  • Hors(e)brok(e) 1306 Ass 1321to1354 Banco 1327,1332 SR 1379–81 PollTax 1535 VE 1537 LRMB 1627 PenkridgeParReg
  • Hossebroke 1478 IpmR
  • Hors(e)brook(e) 1603 FF 1686 Plot 1723 Ct 1834 O

Etymology

'The brook frequented by horses', v. hors , brōc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement