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.

Brogg Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Emley

Historical Forms

  • Brogs 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, Brogs 1843 O.S. , cf. dial . brog ' a bushy or swampy place ' , brogwood ' brush - wood , esp . the undergrowth on which cattle feed ' ( EDD s.v . ) ; these words are probably connected with dial . brog ' awl ' ( v. NED s.v . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site