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.

Brockham

Other OS name in the Parish of Appleby St Michael

Historical Forms

  • Brocholm Hy3,l.13 Macheli,1,9
  • Lang(e)- 13,Hy3 ib
  • -banc 1279 Ass18d

Etymology

, Brocholm Hy 3, l. 13Machel i, 1, 9, (Lang (e )-) 13,Hy 3 ib i, 1, 22, (-banc ) 1279Ass 18d , ' badger water-meadow ' , v. brocc , holmr .