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 Rugeley

Historical Forms

  • Rysombrook(e) 1584 Comm c.1680 GKNB

Etymology

, Rysombrook (e )1584Comm , c. 1680 GKNB , perhaps ' stream growing with brushwood ' , v. hrīsen , brōc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement