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.

Brazenhead Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lindsell

Historical Forms

  • Brason Head(e) 1558,1634 ERi
  • Brasenhed 1579 Ct 1592 Rental
  • Bollingtons alias Brasenhed ib.

Etymology

Brazenhead Fm is Brason Head (e )1558, 1634 ER i, Brasenhed 1579Ct , 1592Rental , Bollingtons alias Brasenhed ib., and is so called because a leopard's head of brass was formerly affixed to the outer gate. v. ER i, 104 ff.

Places in the same Parish