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.

Bramfield

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bramfield

Historical Forms

  • Brandefelle (sic) 1086 DB
  • Brandefeud 1278 QW
  • Brantefeld(e) 1151–66 Gesta 1318 Ipm
  • Brauntefeld(e) 1287 Ass
  • Brantesfeld 1428 FA
  • Brentefeld t.Hy2 Ch 1301 Cl 1339
  • Brantfeld(e) 1310 Ch 1390 Cl 1464 Whet 1546 LP
  • Branfeld 1502 FF
  • Brampfeld 1535 VE
  • Bramfield oth. Brantfield 1766 Recov

Etymology

'Steep open land,' v. brant , feld .