Brassington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brassington
Historical Forms
- Branzinctun 1086 DB
- Brassinton c.1100 Tutbury 1371 Cor
- Brancinton 1195,Rich1 Cur(P)
- Brac-, Bracin-, Bracyn-, -tun, -ton(a), -thon c.1141 Dugd 1162 Tutbury John BelCh 1215 Dunst 1227 Tutbury 1325 Pat
- Bracentone c.1200 CPG 1278,1291 DunstAn
- Bracyngton, Bracington 1296 FF 1298 Cl 1340 Ipm
- Brasentone 1295 DunstAn
- Brasington(e), Brassington(e), Brassyngton(e), -ton(e) 1296,1308,1325 Ipm 1330 Ass 1332 Middleton
- Brassyngton(e) als Brasson 1639 Derby
- Brasynton(e), Brascynton(e), Brassynton(e), Brassinton 1304 DbCh 1308 WollCh 1322 Pat 1348 DbAxxxvi 1675 Ogilby
- Brasson alias Brassington 1600,1601 BelCh
- Braston als Brassington 1601 BelCh
Etymology
'Brandsige's farm', v. -ing-, -tūn . This OE pers.n. is unrecorded in independent use, but would be a regular formation from the well- established themes, Brand - (cf. Brandwine ) and -sige . The same suggestion was made by O. Ritter (Anglia lxix, 183), who compares it with OE pers.n. *Tunsige adduced from Tunsing ' were BCS 920.This is much to be preferred to Ekwall's suggestion (DEPN) that it is a triple compound 'farm by the steep path', from OE brant 'steep', stīg and tūn .