Lime Brook (South Arm)
lake or loch · Essex
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a brook associated with lime trees or lime, possibly a stream flowing through an area with lime trees or where lime was processed.
Word origins
- Lime
- Old EnglishAttestedlime tree(from lim "lime tree")
- Brook
- Old EnglishAttestedstream(from broc "stream")