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.

Brockfield (Bottom)

Other OS name in the Parish of Chardstock

Historical Forms

  • Brockefeilde 1601 DCMCt
  • Brockscold (sic) 1811 OS
  • Brockfield, Brockfield Cmn & Brockfield Ho 1839 TA

Etymology

, Brockefeilde 1601DCMCt , Brockscold (sic)1811 OS, Brockfield , Brockfield Cmn & Brockfield Ho 1839TA , v. brōc , feld ; the stream referred to is that rising at Wambrook par . infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement