Brockhall, Northamptonshire

Brockhall
Brockhall Hall
Brockhall is located in Northamptonshire
Brockhall
Brockhall
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP6362
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN7
Dialling code01327
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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52°15′25″N 1°04′16″W / 52.2570°N 1.0711°W / 52.2570; -1.0711

Brockhall is a civil parish and village in West Northamptonshire in England. Brockhall, like many estate villages, is a small settlement that has developed around its eponymous hall. The village - Brocole in Old English - was recorded in the Domesday Book.[1] Brocole means "Badger hole".[2] The name is derived from "broc" ("badger" in Old English[3]) and "hol" ("hollow" in Old English[4]). The population is included in the civil parish of Norton.

The parish church, St Peter & St Paul, is part of the Benefice of Heyford with Stowe IX Churches and Flore with Brockhall.[5]

  1. ^ "Brockhall | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Brockhall :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ^ Tichy, Martin Rocek, Ondrej. "broc". Bosworth-Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary online. Retrieved 17 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Tichy, Martin Rocek, Ondrej. "hol". Bosworth-Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary online. Retrieved 17 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "St Peter & St Paul". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.