Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
BROOKSBANK
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
BROOKSBANK. Local: from residence ou the bank, not of a mere streamlet, but of something much greater, "A hrook," says Yerstegan, " we now take to be a small