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.

Brampton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Torksey

Historical Forms

  • Brampton 1237 CottCh 1648 Monson

Etymology

Brampton, Brampton 1237CottCh , 1648Monson , Township of Brampton 1874Padley . This is Brampton (< OE  *brōm-tūn 'the farmstead, village where broom grows') in the adjacent wapentake of Well, cf. DLPN 19.