Brockhurst, Staffordshire
Brockhurst | |
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The medieval moat at Brockhurst Farm | |
Location within Staffordshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ824118 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Staffordshire |
Fire | Staffordshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Brockhurst is a hamlet in Staffordshire, England, 1 mile sorth-west of Blymhill. It is part of Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard civil parish within South Staffordshire district.[1][2]
Today the hamlet consists of Brockhurst farm, a red brick 18th farmhouse, and two blocks of semi-detached houses built in 1954. The buildings rest on the site of a much earlier settlement, as evidenced by medieval earthworks. These include a square moat to the south-eastern side of the farmhouse, with raised mound within, and the line of a second moat seventy-five yards to the south-west.[1]
Raven speculates on the origin of the name 'Brockhurst':[1]
'Broc' in a place name usually means either stream or badger. 'Hurst' can mean either a wood or a hill, or a wooded hill or even a sandbank in a river. As there are no streams, hills or sandbanks here it might be fair to interpret the name 'Brockhurst' as meaning 'the wood (or clearing in the wood) which has a badger sett'.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Raven, Michael (2004). A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country. Michael Raven. ISBN 0906114330.
- ^ Election Maps (Map). Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 25 June 2020.