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.

Brownthwaites

Other OS name in the Parish of Sawley

Historical Forms

  • Brown Waite Wood 1857 O.S.

Etymology

, Brown Waite Wood 1857 O.S. , v. brūn ' brown ' ( perhaps as a pers. n . ) , þveit ' clearing ' .