Brentford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brentford
Historical Forms
- Bregunt ford 705 BCS115
- (æt) Bregentforda 781 BCS241 11th ASC 1016 c.1050
- (æt) Brægentforda 1016 ASC c.1050 ASC 1016 c.1050
- (æt) Brentforda 1016 ASC c.1050 ASC 1016 c.1150
- Breinford, Breynford 1222 StPaulsDB c.1300 QW 1341 NI
- Brainford, Braynford 1222 StPaulsDB 1222 FF 1274 Ass
- Braynesford 1284 Winton
- Westbraynford, Estbraynford 1294,1332 FF
- Old Braynford 1476 FF
- Newe Braynford 1521 ib
- Branford 1352 Pap 1669 Cai
- Old Branford 1697 ParReg
- Brayntforth 1556 FF
- West Brayntford al. Newe Brayntford 1598 Recov
- Olde Braneford 1563 Sess
- Ould Brainford 1655 ParReg
- Brentford 1593 N
Etymology
'Ford over the river Brent' (supra 1). This must have been just above the spot where the Brent joins the Thames, where the main Bath road crosses the stream. The t was early dropped in the consonantal sequence -ntf -, being re-introduced at a later date through the influence of the river-name itself.