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.

Brookwall

Other OS name in the Parish of Wirksworth

Historical Forms

  • Brookewalls 1610 DuLa
  • Bruckwalls 1620 CPG
  • Brookwall(e)s 1630 DuLaSC 1649 DuLa

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Brookewalls 1610DuLa ,Bruckwalls 1620CPG , Brookwall (e )s 1630DuLaSC , 1649DuLa , cf. Brokwall (e )clif (f ), Brokwall (e )clyf (f )1372, 1385, 1417DuLa , 1415DuLaMB ( v. clif ) . ' Brook spring ' , v. brōc , wælla ; a small stream rises here .