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.

Black Brooks

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westfield

Historical Forms

  • Blakebrok 1279 Ass

Etymology

Black Brooks (6″) may have been the home of Gilbert de Blakebrok (1279Ass ). It is possible that this is the blacan broc of BCS 208, one of the gavel-lands of Bexhill.

Places in the same Parish