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.

Braystones

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lowside Quarter

Historical Forms

  • Bradestanes 1247 StB 1279 Ass
  • Braydestanes 1278,1279 1294 Ipm
  • Braystanes 1279 Ass 1391 HMCxxv
  • Braystones 1279 Ass
  • Braistones 1540 MinAcct
  • Braythestanes 1294 Cl
  • Breithstanes 1300 ib
  • Braihcstanes 1363 Ipm

Etymology

'Broad stones,' v. breiðr , steinn , with the second element replaced by OE  stān.

Places in the same Parish