Washbrook

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English

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Etymology

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From either Old English wæsce (a place for washing) or wæsc (washing, flood) + brōc (brook, stream).[1]

Proper noun

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Washbrook (countable and uncountable, plural Washbrooks)

  1. A village in Copdock and Washbrook civil parish, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1142).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Washbrook is the 9268th most common surname in England, belonging to 661 individuals.

References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.

Further reading

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