Brookfield
Encyclopedia
Brookfield is a common place name in English-speaking countries.
It is formed from the conjoining of the common words brook and field.
It is formed from the conjoining of the common words brook and field.
United Kingdom
- Brookfield, Derbyshire, in DerbyshireDerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, England - Brookfield, LancashireBrookfield, LancashireBrookfield is a suburb and electoral ward of the city of Preston, in Lancashire, England. It is located north-east of the city centre, between Fulwood and Ribbleton. As of the 2001 census the ward had a population of 7,625. , the area is represented on the city council by three Labour councillors...
, England - Brookfield, Middlesbrough, in MiddlesbroughMiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...
, England - Brookfield, RenfrewshireBrookfield, RenfrewshireBrookfield is a small dormitory village in west central Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies on the north of the A761 road, which runs through a number of towns and villages to join Port Glasgow and the city of Glasgow, via Paisley, and is roughly equidistant to the nearby settlements of Houston, Bridge...
, Scotland - Brookfield, County Fermanagh, a townlandTownlandA townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...
in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland - Brookfield School, Swindon, Wiltshire
United States of America
- Brookfield, ConnecticutBrookfield, ConnecticutBrookfield is a town located in northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 16,452 at the 2010 census. First settled in 1710 by John Muirwood and several other colonial founders who bartered for the land From the Wyantenuck Nation Under the Sachem Waramaugs who lived...
- Brookfield, IllinoisBrookfield, IllinoisBrookfield is a suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, west of downtown. The population was 19,085 at the 2000 census...
- Brookfield, MassachusettsBrookfield, MassachusettsBrookfield is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,390 at the 2010 census.-History:Brookfield was first settled in 1660 and was officially incorporated in 1718...
- Brookfield, MissouriBrookfield, MissouriBrookfield is a city in Linn County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,542 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Brookfield is located at ....
- Brookfield, New HampshireBrookfield, New HampshireBrookfield is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 712 at the 2010 census.-History:Settled in 1726 by Scottish-Irish immigrants, the town was first named Coleraine. Fertile ground made it popular with farmers. It was later renamed Brookfield, after...
- Brookfield, New YorkBrookfield, New YorkBrookfield is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 2,403 at the 2000 census.The Town of Brookfield is located in the southeast part of the county...
- Brookfield, Ohio
- Brookfield, VermontBrookfield, VermontBrookfield is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. It was created by Vermont charter on August 5, 1781. The population was 1,222 at the 2000 census. Brookfield is best known for its floating bridge which spans Sunset Lake buoyed by pontoons...
- Brookfield, WisconsinBrookfield, WisconsinBrookfield is a city located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It had a population of 37,920 in the 2010 census. Brookfield is the second largest city in Waukesha County, and the leading commercial suburb of Milwaukee. The City of Brookfield was formed in 1954 from the Town of...
, the largest Brookfield - Brookfield (town), WisconsinBrookfield (town), WisconsinBrookfield is a town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 6,390 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Goerke's Corner is located in the town.-Religion:...
- Brookfield Township (disambiguation) (several)
- Brookfield in Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, CaliforniaOakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
Companies
- Brookfield Asset ManagementBrookfield Asset ManagementBrookfield Asset Management Inc. is a Toronto, Ontario-based asset management company that manages a global portfolio of assets valued at over $150 billion...
- Brookfield PropertiesBrookfield PropertiesBrookfield Office Properties Inc. is a North American commercial real estate company. Brookfield Asset Management owns fifty percent of its outstanding common shares. The company has its headquarters operations in New York City and Toronto...
- Brookfield EngineeringBrookfield EngineeringBrookfield Engineering is an engineering and manufacturing company with headquarters in Middleboro, Massachusetts. Its product line includes laboratory viscometers, rheometers, texture analyzers, and powder flow testers as well as in-line process instrumentation. These instruments are used by...
, a manufacturer of viscometers
Fictional
- Brookfield, a farm featured prominently in the British radio soap opera The ArchersThe ArchersThe Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...