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.

Bramcote

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bulkington

Historical Forms

  • Branc(h)ote 1086 DB t.Hy2 Kenilworth 1170 Ch 1213 Cur 1221 FF t.Hy3 Monast 1301–18 Ch
  • Bramcota c.1170 Ch 1318
  • Bramcote juxta Bulhynton 1297 Ass
  • Bramcotehethe 12th Combe
  • Brampcote 1316 FA 1390 BM
  • Bromcote 1208 FF 1221 Ass 1262 BM 1332 SR 1361 IpmR
  • Brompcote 1313 Ipm 1359 BM 1407 Madox
  • Bromecote 1547 Pat

Etymology

With the same history as Bramcote Hall supra 21.