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Survey of English Place-Names

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Broxendale Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Wirksworth

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. Brokstondale 1415DuLaMB , Broxondale 1549CPG , The Dale alias Brockstondale , Broxstondale 1610DuLa . The valley is dry and so this must apparently have been earlier ' badgerstone ' , v. brocc , stān . Cf. also Dale Fm infra 416 .