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.

Brogging

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • le Brodehenge 13 YDx

Etymology

, perhaps identical with le Brodehenge 13 YD x , v. brād , eng , but more probably from Y dial . brog ' a branch, a broken bough ' ( used to mark safe tracks ) or brog ' a bushy or swampy spot ' ( v. EDD s.v . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name