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.

Brown Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Fairfield

Historical Forms

  • le Brounhegge 1285 For
  • the Brown Edge 1640 DuLaSC

Etymology

, le Brounhegge 1285For , the Brown Edge 1640DuLaSC , v. brūn 1 , ecg .