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 Monks Kirby

Historical Forms

  • Brochurst(e) 1221 Ass 1327 SR
  • Brokhurst(e) c.1350 Ct
  • Brokest 1524 SR
  • Brockest 1525 ib
  • Broxt 1587 FF 1762 Survey
  • Broxt al. Brockhurst 1721 Recov
  • Brookhurst 1695 Morden

Etymology

Brockhurst is Brochurst (e )1221Ass , 1327 SR (p), Brokhurst (e )c. 1350Ct , Brokest 1524SR , Brockest 1525 ib., Broxt 1587FF , 1762Survey , Broxt al. Brockhurst 1721Recov , Brookhurst 1695 Morden. 'Brook or brock (i.e. badger) wood,' v. broc , brocc , hyrst . “This Hamlet…takes its name from the situation thereof upon that bank or hurst by the Brook, which runneth a little Eastward from the church” (Dugdale 54).