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.
Survey of English place-names
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Brockhill Lane and Dingle
Brockhill Lane and Dingle
Early-attested site in the Parish of Alvechurch
Historical Forms
atte Brochole
1275
SR
1299
RBB
18th
Etymology
'Badger-hole,'
v.
brocc
-
hol
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Alcott Fm
Arrowfield Top
Bittell Fm
Forhill
Hopwood
Lea End
Osmerley
Pinton
Radford Fm
Rowney Green
Sandhills Fm
Swan's Hill
Tonge
Wast Hills
Weatheroak Hill
Major Settlement
Alvechurch
