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.

Brixton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lambeth

Historical Forms

  • brixges stane, æt brixges stane, brixes stan 1062 KCD813 c.1250
  • Brixistane 1279 Ass
  • Brixiston 1307 Ass
  • Bryxston t.Hy8 Rental
  • Bristow Cawsey 1645 SACxii

Etymology

Brixton is brixges stane , æt brixges stane , brixes stan 1062 (c. 1250) KCD 813, Brixistane 1279Ass , Brixiston 1307Ass , Bryxston t. Hy 8Rental , Bristow Cawsey 1645 SAC xii. See further under Brixton Hd supra 11.