Brockhurst
| Brockhurst | |
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| Brockhurst shown within Staffordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ824118 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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Brockhurst is a small hamlet in Staffordshire, England, 1 mile sorth-west of Blymhill.
Today it 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.
Raven speculates on the origin of the name 'Brockhurst':
'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
- Raven, Michael, A Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country, Michael Raven, 2004, 0906114330.