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.

Brockleymoor

Other OS name in the Parish of Plumpton Wall

Historical Forms

  • Le Brokell more ib.
  • Brockholemoorfeild 1623 Lowther

Etymology

is Le Brokell more ib., Brockholemoorfeild 1623Lowther . Probably ' badger set , ' v. brocc-hol .