Withybrook
Major Settlement in the Parish of Withybrook
Historical Forms
- Wythibroc 12th AD 1275 RH 1316 FA
- Withibroc 1205 Cur 1291 Tax
- Whithibroc 1221 Ass
- Whythybrok 1397 Monast
- Widebroch t.Hy2 Dane
- Widebroc 1190 P c.1203 BM 1247 Ass
- Withebroc 1290 Ch 1399 Pat
- Wythebrok 1535 VE
- Wyebroc 1293 Ipm
- Wethybrok 1452 FF
Etymology
'Withy stream,' v. broc . “On the banks whereof antiently, as well as now, many Willows have grown” (Dugdale 139).