Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Brunitone 1086 DB

• Brintona 1116 RBE 1181–4 StCart

• Brynton, Brinton 1305 Cur 1242 Fees 1252 Cl 1272 Ipm 1332 SR 1353 Banco 1361 CoramR 1428 FA 1434to1563 FF

• Brienton 1204 Cur

• Brininton 1211 Cur

• Brim(s)tona 1221 Bracton 1305 FF

• Brimengton 1236 Fees

• Brumton' 1225 Cur 1279 Blymhill

• Bruminton 1272 Ipm

• Brunton 1223to1279 Blymhill 1225,1227 CoramR 1301 Ass 1306 GDR 1327 SR 1329to1360 Banco

• Bruntone 1305 Blymhill

• Bruneton 1272 Ass

• Bruynton 1310to1375 Banco 1348 Ass 1373,1408 FF 1384to1403 IpmR

• Broynton 1364 Banco 1475–80 ECP

• Brugnton 1436 Banco

• Brineton 1775 Yates 1833 O

Etymology

With this variety of forms it is impossible to suggest a certain etymology, but it may be 'the farmstead named after Brȳni ', from the OE  pers.n. Brȳni with -ing-, tūn, comparable with Brinnington Ch 1 268, though the latter does not show the same variations.