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.

Bryckden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waldron

Historical Forms

  • Brickenden 1611,1637 LewesDeeds
  • Brekeden 1487 LewesDeeds

Etymology

Bryckden is Brickenden 1611, 1637Lewes Deeds , land of John Brekeden in 1487Lewes Deeds , so it may be manorial. Cf. also Brittenden (6″) close by, which may be the same name with common confusion of k and t .