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.

Breighton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bubwith

Historical Forms

  • Bristun, Bristone, Bricstune 1086 DB
  • Brichton 1195–1214,1294 Selby
  • Bricheton 1268 FF
  • Brighton, Bryghton 1195–1214 Selby 1298 Pat 1567 FF
  • Brigton 1493 Test
  • Brithoun 1240 FF
  • Britton' 1242 Fees 1285,1305 YI
  • Breighton 1636 BM 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

'Bright farmstead or enclosure,' v. beorht , tun .

Places in the same Parish