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.

Rising Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Castle Church

Historical Forms

  • Rysembrooke 1590 QSR
  • Risonbrook c.1680 GKNB
  • Rising Brook 1788 Egerton 1836 O

Etymology

, Rysembrooke 1590 QSR,Risonbrook c. 1680 GKNB, Rising Brook 1788Egerton , 1836 O , ' the brook growing with brushwood ' , v. hrīsen , brōc , giving rise to the name for the locality itself .