English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

le Bruers

Field in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • le Bruers 1497 Seymer
  • Brewerne Mead 1640 Seymer
  • Bruer c.1750 Seymer

Etymology

le Bruers 1497,Brewerne Mead 1640, Bruer c.1750(cf. Henry Brewer' 1332, Roger le Brewer 1340)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement