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.

Back Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Backbrooke 1725 Ct

Etymology

( local ) ( > Whiston Brook ) , the Backbrooke 1725Ct , ' the brook running behind the village ' , v. bæc , brōc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site