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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brampton en le Morthen

Major Settlement in the Parish of Treeton

Historical Forms

  • Brantone 1086 DB
  • Bramton Hy3 BM 1304 YI
  • Bramton in Moring 1297 LS
  • Bramton in Morthyng 1377 YDxii,115
  • Brampton 1240 FF 1252 Ch 1285 KI 1428 FA
  • Brampton in Skyrakes 1293 QW
  • Brampton in Morthing, Brampton in Morthyng Ed1 BM 1316 Vill 1420 YI
  • Brampton in the Mornynge 1586 FF
  • Brampton le Morthinge 1620 FF
  • Brempton 1276 RH

Etymology

'Farmstead in the broom', v. brōm , tūn and Brampton Bierlow 106supra , from which it is distinguished as en le Morthen (v. Morthen 101supra , 168 infra , cf. Laughton en le Morthen 141supra ); for Skyrakes v. Shireoaks Nt 108 ('shire oaks', v. scīr 1 , āc , the name of a district in the adjacent part of Nt).