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.

Branthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Caldbeck

Historical Forms

  • Braunthwait 1332 SR
  • Braunthwayt 1345 GDR
  • Brounthwayt 1357 ib
  • Branthwaite 1560 Cocker
  • High, Low 1697 ib
  • Branthwaite Caldbeck 1793 CW(OS)ix

Etymology

Although no form in Bram - is recorded for this name, it probably, like Branthwaite infra 366, contains ME  brame , 'bramble.' The second element is þveit .