Bruern
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bruern
Historical Forms
- Bruaria 1159,62 P
- Bruir' 1162 P
- Brueria 1172 Os 1447 Cl
- (abbas et fratres de) Brueria' Tretoniæ late12th Madox
- Bruiera 1208 Cur 1230 P
- Bruern c.1200 OsReg
- Bruerne 1241 FF 1526 LS
- Bruwere 1217 Cl
- Brewere c.1220–30 Frid c.1425
- Briwer 1221 Bract
- Briwer', Bruwer' 1246 Cl
- Breware 1384 Cl
- Boruerne c.1242–3 AD
- Brewerne 1395 Cl 1526 LS
- Bruarne t.Hy8 Valor
Etymology
Probably the name is OFr bruiere , 'heath,' as in Temple Bruer (L), which suits the topography and accords with the earliest forms.The modern name and the later forms support Ekwall's etymology (DEPN), 'brewery' from OE brēowærn .