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.

Bremridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Molton (including Queen's Nympton)

Historical Forms

  • Bremerigge 1086 DB 1219 FF
  • Brimelrigge 1186 P
  • Bramelrugg 1220 FF
  • Bremelrygg' juxta Fillegh 1334 Ass

Etymology

'Bramble ridge,' v. bremel .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement