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.

Brimley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bovey Tracy

Historical Forms

  • Bromleg 1285 Ass
  • Lower Bremley 1655 Recov
  • (æt) Bromleage 956 BCS952

Etymology

'Broom clearing,' v. leah .