Fullbrook Family History

From one or more of the numerous places so named, such as Fulbrook (Oxon), which is recorded as Fvlebroc in 1086, Fulbrook in Hogshaw (Bucks), recorded as Fulebroc in 1199, Fulbrook in Sherbourne (Warwicks), recorded as Fulebroc in 1086, Fullbrook in Long Compton (also Warwicks), recorded as Fulbrooke in 1637, Fulbrocks Farm in Charlwood (Surrey), for which the 1241 bearer cited below constitutes the earliest evidence, and a lost Fulbrook in Gloucester (Gloucs), recorded as Fulebroc in the 12th century and Fulbroke in 1537.

The place-names all derive from Old English fūl ‘foul, muddy, dirty’ + brōc ‘brook, stream’. Perhaps also from Fullbrook Farm in Elstead (Surrey), which is recorded as Fowelesbrok in 1257 and Fulbrook in 1603–25.

The place-name derives from Middle English fughel, fowel ‘fowl, bird’ (Old English fugol) or the Middle English personal name Foghel, Fughel (see Fowle) + brok ‘brook, stream’ (Old English fugol + brōc).