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.

Brampton Ash

Major Settlement in the Parish of Brampton Ash

Historical Forms

  • Branton(e) 1086 DB 1219 WellsR
  • Braunton 1223 WellsR
  • Brampton 12th Survey
  • Brampton juxta Dingelegh 1287 FF
  • Brampton Dyngle 1394 Pat
  • Bramton 1203 Cur 1220 Fees
  • Netherbramton 1220 WellsR

Etymology

v. Brampton supra 79. 'The Town on Account of its Preheminence for this Sort of Tree has received the name of Brampton in the Ash' (Morton 30).