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.

Stanbrook

Other OS name in the Parish of Stalbridge

Historical Forms

  • Standbrook 1811 OS
  • Stan(d)brook (Mdw) 1839 TA
  • stanbroc 933 SherC(S423) 12

Etymology

, Standbrook 1811 OS, Stan (d )brook (Mdw )1839TA , not tobe identified with stanbroc 933 (12) SherC (S 423) in the Anglo - Saxon bounds of Stalbridge Weston as assumed by Fägersten 37 – 8 , but analogous with it , v. stān , brōc .