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.

Bream

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newland

Historical Forms

  • le Breme, la Breme 1282 For 1377,1378 Ass 1576 FF
  • Bryme 1542 LP
  • Bream(e) 1603 GlR 1618 SPDom 1691 Will
  • Breeme 1611 FF 1642,1662 Comm

Etymology

Bream, le Breme , la Breme 1282For , 1377, 1378Ass et freq to 1576FF , Bryme 1542 LP, Bream (e )1603 GlR, 1618SPDom 4et freq to 1691 Will, Breeme 1611FF , 1642, 1662Comm . From ME  brēme adj., used substantively of 'rough, rugged ground', possibly a derivative of OE  brōm 'broom'.