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.

Toddbrook Reservoir

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • Tinkers Brook 1831 ib

Etymology

, fills the valley of Tinkers Brook 1831 ib , the lower reach of Todd Brook 36supra , cf. the Tynkars Bancke 181infra , v. tink(l)ere .