In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brook Street like this:
BROOK-STREET, a hamlet in South Weald parish, Essex; on Watling-street and the Ingerburn river, near the Eastern Counties railway, 1½ mile WSW of Brentwood. A leper's hospital, with chapel, was founded here, before the time of Edward I., by the Bruyns.
Additional information about this locality is available for Brentwood
Brook Street through time
Brook Street is now part of Brentwood district. Click here for graphs and data of how Brentwood has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brook Street itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brook Street, in Brentwood and Essex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24612
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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