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.

Brumby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Brumby

Historical Forms

  • Brunebi 1086 DB a1175 Goke 1196 ChancR
  • Bruneb' Hy2 Goke
  • Bruneby 1334 Selby e14 Pat 1395
  • Brunby 1316 FA 1327 SR 1331 Ch 1370 Cor 1382 Misc 1388 Peace 1436 SR
  • Brunneby 1271 Ch 1272 FF 1281 QW 1296 RSu 1298 Ass 1302 KR 1360 QW
  • Bronneby 1271 Ass 1301,1305 KR
  • Bromeby 1300 Ipm 1517 ECB
  • Bromby 1360 Inqaqd 1635 SP 1644 LAASii 1648 Foster 1824 O
  • Broumby 1402 FA 1569 Pat
  • Brumby 1388 Cl 1424 Hall 1499 Cl Eliz ChancP 1616 MiscDep
  • Burneby 1301 KR 1481 Pat
  • Burnebye 1545–47 MinAcct

Etymology

'Bruni's farmstead, village', v. . The first el. is the ON  pers.n. Brúni , ODan  Bruni , a name recorded independently in DB in Yorkshire.