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.

Bigbrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Rose Ash

Historical Forms

  • Bickebroc 1230 P
  • Bykebrok 1279 Ass 1394 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bickebroc 1230 P (p),Bykebrok 1279Ass , 1394FF . ' Bic (c )a 's spring and brook , ' v. wielle , broc .