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.

Briningham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Briningham

Historical Forms

  • Bruningaham, Burningaham 1086 DB
  • Brinigham 1209 FF 1261 Cl 1275 RH 1346 FA
  • Brunigham 1214 Cur
  • Briningham 1227 Bract 1269 Ass 1275 RH 1277 FF 1254–75 Val
  • Bringham 1231 Bract
  • Breningham 1257 Ass
  • Bryningham 1275 RH 1277 FF 1330 SR
  • Bruningham 1280 Ipm
  • Brinyngham 1286 Ass 1316 FA 1369 Cl
  • Brinningham 1302 FA
  • Brynyngham 1304 Pat 1350 Ch 1350to1485 FF 1351 Pat 1535 VE
  • Bryngham 1331 FF
  • Brynnyngham 1444 1531 BM
  • Byrnyngham 1514 NfD
  • Burningham 1574 Saxton 1763 Bowen
  • Birnyngham 1591 AD

Etymology

'The hām of Brȳni 's people', formed from the genitive plural of a group name in -ingas (Brȳninga -) and hām , a type of name which often occurs in East Anglia. The OE  pers.n. Brȳni is well attested (Redin 121).