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.

Brentwood

Major Settlement in the Parish of Brentwood

Historical Forms

  • Bosco arso 1176 P 1213 ClR 1260–4 FF
  • boscum arsum 1222 StP
  • Boscarso 1264 ADiii
  • Boisars 1226 ChR 1232 Cl
  • le Boysars, del Boysars 1234–48 Cl
  • (Le) Brend(e)wode 1254 Ass 1291 Pat 1372 BM 1376 Cl
  • Brandewode 1279 FF
  • Brundwode or Brentwode 1510 LP
  • Brentwood 1532 Lancs
  • Burntwood 1594 N 1602 Stent 1626 ERxxxi

Etymology

'The burnt wood,' v. brende , with early Latin and French forms.

Places in the same Parish

None