Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (æt) Bryning tune 944 BCS802 c.1240

• Brintone 1086 DB 1305 Ipm

• Brinton' 1167 P 1202 1235–6 Fees 1240–1 FF

• Brimiton' 1177 P

• Brimton' 1200 Cur 1275–6 RH

• Brimton' de Ouwyle 1241 Ass

• Brunton' 1205 P

• Brimpton Hospitalium 1220 Fees

• Brimpton' de Ouwyle 1238 ib

• Brimpton Douile 1275–6 RH

• Brimpton', Brimpton Dumle 1284 Ass

• Brympton 1412 FA

• Brymptone 1428 ib

• Brington' 1224–5 Ass

• Brompton', Brumpton' 1284 Ass

• Brumpton' 1311–12 FF 1420 Fine

• Brompton 1349 Cl 1360 Ipm

Etymology

'Estate associated with Brȳni', v. ingtūn . The same name has become Brington in Hu (BdHu 235) and Nth (Nth 79), and Brinton in Nf (DEPN).

There are two manors here in DB; one, later known as Shalford (infra ), was given to the Knights Hospitallers by Simon de Ovile , a tenant of William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln. Hence it is called Brimton ' de Ouwyle , Brimton Dumle , Brimpton Hospitalium .