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.

East-, Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Burlescombe

Historical Forms

Bihestebroch 1173–5 Ch 1329

Biestebrock 1330 Oliver

Eastbrooke 1642 SR

Etymology

is Bihestebroch 1173–5 (1329) Ch, Biestebrock 1330 Oliver228, Eastbrooke 1642SR . ' East of the brook . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Burlescombe