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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.

Bryworth Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lechlade

Historical Forms

  • Brywortheshamme 1448 MinAcct
  • Bryworthesham 1459,1494 ib
  • Brewortheshamme 1468 ib

Etymology

Bryworth Fm, Brywortheshamme 1448MinAcct , Bryworthesham 1459, 1494 ib, Brewortheshamme 1468 ib. v. worð 'enclosure', hamm 'meadow'.The first el. is not certain but an OE  pers.n. Brēga , which is not recorded, is possible; it would be a mutated form of the OE  pers.n. Brōga .