Hats off to Matt Callaghan at Business Development Officer for New Forest Business Partnership at New Forest District Council. He followed up a twitter discussion were were having the other day with @newforestnpa about the origin of the spelling of Brockenhurst, when previously it had been called Brokenhurst.
He told us:
I’d heard that the c in Brockenhurst came about from when the railway was put in place also. It went back to when the maps, timetables and signs were produced which contained the ‘wrong’ spelling.
Rather than going through the lengthy and costly process of re-printing, it was decided to pay each of the residents a fee to accept the name change.
This was accepted by all with the exception of the golf club which remains Brokenhurst Golf club to this day!
Thanks to Matt for the explanation. All extra info about the origins of the name and spelling gratefully accepted.
