Brentry
Early-attested site in the Parish of Henbury
Historical Forms
- Brenetre 1284 FA
- Bourtre in Hemb' 1287 Episc
- Brenterry 1777 M
Etymology
Brentry, Brenetre 1284 FA, Bourtre in Hemb ' (sic) 1287 Episc, Brenterry 1777 M; cf also the spellings of Brentry Hundred (126supra ), which is named from this place. 'Tree of Beorna' or, according to the suggestion of Anderson 34, 'tree of the warriors', though beorn (gen.pl. beorna ) 'hero, warrior' is largely restricted to poetic usage in OE. The pers.n. is OE Beorna ; v. trēow . Some of the earlier forms of the hundred-name may contain -ing 4 or -ingas .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- King Road
- Avonmouth
- Berwick
- Charlton
- Compton Rhine
- Elmington Manor
- Lee
- Pen Pole
- Sea Mills
- Shirehampton
- Wasborough
- King's Weston, Lawrence Weston
- The Wyck
- Hung Road
Other OS name
- Berwick Moor
- Brent Knoll
- Castle Hill
- Catbrain
- Coombe Dingle
- Cowley Fm
- Cribb's Causeway & Cribb's Fm
- Elmsleigh
- Ferns Hill
- Greenhill
- Green Splott Fm
- Hakes Hill
- Hallen
- Haw Wood
- Hill End
- Hollywood Tower
- How Street
- Rhine
- Impool Rhine
- Ison Hill & Ison Ho
- King's Weston Rhine
- Lamplighter's Hall
- Langett
- Little Mead
- The Lyde, Lyde Brook
- Madam Fm
- Minor's Lane
- Moorgrove Wood
- Moorhouse Fm
- Mount Skitham
- Newlands Rhine
- New Rhine
- North Hill
- Norton Fm
- Packgate Fm
- Park Hill
- Penny Well
- St Katherine's Fm
- South Hill Wood
- Wellinghouse Fm
- Bangley Wood
- Boulton's Field
- Brook Fm, Brookleaze
- Mayfield
- Mitchell's Gout
- Rodbourn Fm
- Sheep Wood
- Stup Pill, Stuppill Gout & Stuppill Rhine
- Woodend
- Ableham Park
- Alderdown Wood
- Avonleaze
- Blaise Castle & Blaise Hamlet
- Broad Pill
- Holes Mouth
- Millpill Bridge
- Portway
- Salt Rhine
- Spaniorum Hill
- Wood Croft
- Barlaam's Gout (sic)
- Bowstreet Lane
- Hoar Gout
- Mere Bank
- Monk's Well Rhine
- St Blaise's Chapel
- Socomb
- Washing Pool Fm