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.

Brockencote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chaddesley Corbett

Historical Forms

  • Brochamcote 1275 SR
  • Bro(a)kencote 1505 MinAcct 1656 BM 1671 FF

Etymology

'Cottage by (Doverdale) brook-homestead,' v . broc, ham,

cote, cf. Brockamin in Leigh supra 205.