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.

Brayley Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Bredelia 1086 DB
  • Brailega 1166 RBE
  • Braylegh 1242 Fees774 1326 Ipm 1333 SR

Etymology

'Clearing by the river Bray' supra 2, v. leah . The d in the DB form is almost certainly an error. Cf. Raleigh infra 55.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement