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.

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).

Places in the same Parish