Emply Barn
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bramley
Historical Forms
- Implye Lands 1604 SrWills
- Emp Haws 1843 TA
- ate Ymphagh 1332 SR
- le Impetoun 1336 Ipm
Etymology
Emply Barn (6″) is Implye Lands 1604 SrWills, Emp Haws 1843TA , and probably gave name to Henry ate Ymphagh (1332 SR).'Hedge or enclosure made of imps or young saplings or shoots,' v. haga . Cf. Limbo (PN Sx 117), Imphaghe 12th Lewes (Horne), Empty (PN Nth 210) and Imphy Hall (Ess), Impheye 1276, 1297For . We have a similar compound with tun , 'enclosure,' in le Impetoun (1336 Ipm) in Pleshey (Ess).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Birtley Ho
- Creek Copse
- Gosden Ho
- Nore Fm
- Nurscombe Fm
- Painshill Fm
- Snowdenham Ho
- Thorncombe Fm and Street
- Winters Hall