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.

Brundon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ballingdon cum Brundon

Historical Forms

  • Brumduna 1086 DB
  • Brumdon 1428 FA
  • Bromdon 1343 FF
  • Brandunā 1086 DB
  • Brandune 1178 AC
  • Brandon(a) 1238 SR 1254–5 Ass 1382–3 IpmR
  • Braundon 1287 Ipm 1304 BM 1324 Londin 1342 FF
  • Braundon juxta Sudbury 1382 IpmR
  • Braunden 1304 BM
  • Brunden 1303 FA
  • Brundon 1346,1412 ib
  • Brunesdon 1306 Cl
  • Brondon 1535 VE
  • Bronden alias Brondon Hall, Myll 1545 LP
  • Brundon (map), Bramdon or Brandon 1594 N

Etymology

'Bramble-hill,' with very early confusion between brame and brom . v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement