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.

Bramley Head

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fewston

Historical Forms

  • Bramlay, Bramley 1386 MinAcct 1613 PRFew 1651 ParlSurv
  • Bramley head 1643 PRFew
  • Bramley Height 1788 PRAdd
  • Brameley 1508,1518 MinAcct

Etymology

Bramley Head, Bramlay , Bramley 1386MinAcct , 1613 PRFew, 1651ParlSurv , Bramley head 1643 PRFew, Bramley Height 1788 PRAdd, Brameley 1508, 1518MinAcct . 'Clearing amongst the broom', v. brōm , lēah , hēafod , a frequent YW p.n., cf. Bramley i, 134supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name