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.

Bruce Castle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tottenham

Historical Forms

  • Bruses 1353 Ipm 1418,1459 Pat
  • Le Bruses in Totenham 1375 IpmR
  • Breuses 1487 Ipm

Etymology

Bruce Castle is Bruses 1353 Ipm, 1418, 1459 Pat, Le Bruses in Totenham 1375 IpmR, Breuses 1487 Ipm. The name is derived from the association of the family of de Bru (y )s , afterwards Kings of Scotland, with a manor in Tottenham.