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Brockhurst, Staffordshire

Hamlets in StaffordshireSouth Staffordshire District
Medieval Moat at Brockhurst Farm geograph.org.uk 444857
Medieval Moat at Brockhurst Farm geograph.org.uk 444857

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.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.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'.

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Brockhurst, Staffordshire
Brockhurst Road, South Staffordshire Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard

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Brockhurst Road
TF11 8BF South Staffordshire, Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard
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Medieval Moat at Brockhurst Farm geograph.org.uk 444857
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