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.

Brockhill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shelsley Beauchamp

Historical Forms

  • Brochulle 1274 Ipm 1275,1327,1332 SR

Etymology

'Badger-hill,' v. brocc , hyll . Cf. Brockhill in Beoley and in Tardebigge infra 187, 362 and brochyl (BCS 154).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement