There is a Newbrook Farm at SO 404 338, near Cockyard about 12km SW of Hereford. This seems to conflict with a claim made by a certain K Briggs in JEPNS 38, p33 (2006) that "new" never qualifies a natural feature in place-names.
Can anyone explain the name Newbrook? Could it be New Brook Farm, replacing an older Brook Farm? (Upstream is Newbarns Farm.)
Keith
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