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.

Stanbrenan

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Bridget Beckermet

Historical Forms

Stainbrannan c.1205 CW(OS)i

Stanbrenan 1291 ib

Etymology

This is an inversion compound of the OIr personal name Branán and ON steinn.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name