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.

Munsbrough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • Mundesderhalle 1489 YDxvi,86
  • Munsder als. Munsburgh 1607 FF
  • Munsbrough Close 1776 Fairb

Etymology

Munsbrough, Mundesderhalle 1489 YD xvi, 86, Munsder als. Munsburgh 1607 FF, Munsbrough Close 1776 Fairb. Named from the family of Robert de Mundesdere (1379 PT v, 245, cf. YAJ xii, 106, 239, xvi, 86n), v. hall . As in Greasbrough supra , -brough is an analogical substitution from the many local p.ns. containing burh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name