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.

Brogbrook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chittoe

Historical Forms

  • Froggebrooke 1592 Add

Etymology

Brogbrook (6″) is probably the Froggebrooke of 1592 (Add ), i.e. 'frog brook,' with the same change of f to b which is found in Broxwater (Co), Frox (e )wade 1263 FF, 1289Ass .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement