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.

Brookhampton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Astley

Historical Forms

  • Brokhampton 1275 SR

Etymology

The hamtun by the brook, v. broc . The first of several hamptons in this parish. This is a very common place-name, cf. Brockhampton (Do, Gl, Ha, He, O), Brookhampton (Sa, Wa), and Brookhampton in Ombersley infra 269.