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.

Blackbrooks

Other OS name in the Parish of Brightling

Historical Forms

  • Blaguebroc c.1180 Pens
  • Blakebroke 1180–98,c.1197 Pens
  • Blakebroc 1198,c.1200 Pens

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Blaguebroc c. 1180 Pens,Blakebroke 1180–98, c. 1197 Pens, Blakebroc 1198, c. 1200 Pens .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement