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Badbrook

suburban area · Gloucestershire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Badbrook is likely an Old English name meaning 'bad brook' or 'brook in a bad place'. It could refer to a stream that was difficult to cross or located in an undesirable area.

Word origins

Bad
Old Englishbad, ill(from bæd "bad, ill")
brook
Old Englishbrook(from brōc "brook")