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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.

Brocklees Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Corsham

Historical Forms

  • Brockele 1279 Ass
  • grava de Brockele 1281 ib
  • Brocklyes lane t.Jas1 Ct

Etymology

Brocklees Fm (6″) is Brockele 1279Ass , grava de Brockele 1281 ib., Brocklyes lane t. Jas 1Ct . OE  brocca lēah , 'badgers' wood or clearing,' v. leah and græfe infra 432.