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.

Brownstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brixham

Historical Forms

Bruneston' 1242 Fees767

Brouneston' 1303 FA 1334 SR

Bromyston 1346 FA

Etymology

'Brūn 's farm,' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Brixham