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.

Market Brough

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Market(t) Brough 1672 NWm 1681,1737
  • Brough Markett Towne 1700 PR

Etymology

Market Brough, Market (t ) Brough 1672 NWm 104, 1681, 1737 PR, Tullie , also called Brough Markett Towne 1700 PR, v. market , and prec. This part of Brough was on the north side on the main road from Stainmore to Carlisle.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name