Brumstead
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brumstead
Historical Forms
- Brumestada, Brunestada 1086 DB
- Brunsted(e) 1127(p),1162–8 Holme 1219etfreqto1483 FF 1222etfreqto1397 Pat 1250(p)to1286 Ass 1272 Ch 1282to1374 Ipm 1291 Tax 1302to1428 FA 1316 Misc 1327 Banco 1329 NoD 1330 SR 1339to1378 Cl 1341to1518 AD 1535 VE
- Brumsted(e) 1198 Abbrev 1199 Cur 1209(p),1269 Ass 1254–75 Val 1272 Ch 1285,1484 FF 1291 Tax 1324 Ipm 1327 Cl 1338 Pat 1483 FF
- Bromsted(e) 1254–75 Val 1344,1349 Cl 1344,1348,1368 Ipm 1376 Pat
- Brounstede 1345,1349 Ipm
- Brompstede 1369 Pat
Etymology
OE brōm and stede. The frequent n for m is due to (partial) assimilation. It is worth noting that an identical Brumstead survives as Brumstead Common in Hatfield Broad Oak in Ess, where it was once the name of one of the open fields (v. Sandred 1963: 143, 160, 181). On the early ME spellings brum for OE brōm , v. Ekwall in EStn 55 (1921) 403 and Jordan § 54 Anm.