Bruntingthorpe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bruntingthorpe
Historical Forms
- Brandinestor (sic) 1086 DB
- Brentingestorp 1199 FF 1200 Fine 1220 MHW 1243 Fees 1247 Abbr
- Brentingstorp e.13 RTemple
- Brentingesthorp 1232 Fine 1236 RGros
- Brentyngthorp(e) 1299 Ipm 1441 Will e.16 Wyg 1507 Comp 1528 Ipm 1559
- Brentingthorp(e) 1370 MiD 1441 Will e.16 LML 1607,1626
- Brantingestorp 1228 Rut 1247 Abbr 1254 Val
- Brantingestorph 1339 Wyg
- Brantingesthorp 1232 Fine 1236 RGros 1311 Coram 1348 Wyg
- Brantyngesthorp 1261 Cur 1280 Banco 1424,1435 Wyg
- Brantingthorp(e) 1236,1243 Fine 1318,1335 Wyg 1505 Banco 1549 Pat 1601 LibCl 1610 Speed
- Brantyngthorp(e) 1291 Tax 1296 Banco 1571 LeicW 1573 Ipm
- Bruntingthorp(e) 1496 Wyg 1523 AAS 1627 LML 1641 Fine
- Bruntyngthorp 1502 Pat 1535 VE 1570 Fine
- Brountyngthorp 1519 Wyg
Etymology
'The outlying farmstead of a man called Branting or Brenting', v. þorp and cf. Brentingby, Lei 2132. OE masc. pers.ns. Branting and Brenting are both recorded (Searle 113, 114). Forms for Bruntingthorpe with Brenting tend to be earlier than those with Branting , with the exception of the poor DB spelling, but the evidence here is inconclusive.