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.

Brasses Spinney

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hillesden

Etymology

This is almost certainly for Brasshead 's Spinney, Brasshead being a pers. name found in Hillesden in the 17th cent. (cf. Rec. xi. 137).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement