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.

Brownrigg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Arlecdon

Historical Forms

  • Brunrig(g) c.1180 StB 1208,1230 P 1321 Ipm
  • Brounrigg 1334 ib
  • in villa de Moreton 1338 StB
  • Morton Brownrigg 1580 FF
  • Brownridge 1770 PR(Lamplugh)

Etymology

'Brown ridge,' v. hrycg .Mor (e )ton is Murton in the neighbouring parish of Lamplugh (infra 406).