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.

Brampton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Brampton

Historical Forms

  • Brantun c.1169 Boothby
  • Branton' 1197 P 1238 Pipe 1278 Ass 1552 CW(OS)viii
  • Brampton 1169 Laner
  • Bramton' 1183 Pap 1402 Pipe 1228 Naworth 1618
  • Braunton 1252 Ch

Etymology

'tūnin the brambly place,' v. brame . Cf. Brampton (PN BedsHu 233, PN WRY 33).