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.

North Brink Fm and South Brink

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wisbech St Peter

Etymology

North Brink Fm and South Brink (both 6″). Cf. austral ' ripa de Wysebeche 1312ElyF , Hebrynkefeld 1334Ct , Ebrynke 1429 ib., le Eyebrinke 1586 ib., Eabrinck (e )1615AddCh . 'River bank,' v. ēa , brinke .