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.

Brantingham Thorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brantingham

Historical Forms

  • alia Bretingha' 1086 DB
  • Thorpe juxta Brantyngham 1379 Poll
  • Thorpe Brantingham 1563 FF
  • Thorpbrantinham 1572 FF

Etymology

Brantingham Thorpe (6″) is alia Bretingha '1086 DB, Thorpe juxta Brantyngham 1379 Poll, Thorpe Brantingham 1563 FF, Thorpbrantinham 1572 FF. v. þorp , here 'an outlying hamlet belonging to a larger place.'

Places in the same Parish