Brougham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brougham
Historical Forms
- Bruham 1130 Lowth(CL1) 13 Wyb 1228 Pat 1250 Pipe 1279 Ass21d 1302 Cl 1366 ChancM 1435 Pat
- Bruham als. Burgham 1292 Ipm
- Brohã, Broham 1176 Pipe 1200 P 1357 Pat
- Bronham (sic for Brou-) 1292 QW
- Brouham c.1300 Lowth 1304,1308 Pat 1308 FF 1310 Carliol 1315 Ipm 1385 Cl
- Brougham 1315 Ipm 1644 PR 1657 Comm 1703 NicVisit
- Browgham 1589 Dep
- Burgm 1325–50 M
- Burgham 1355 Ipm 1357 Pat 1360 Misc 1362 TestKarl 1363 Ipm 1701 PR
- Burghame 1407 Brm 1441 Pat
- Broweham 1345 Ipm
- Brugham 1369 Cliff 1655 CWxxiv,69
- Burham 1462 Pat
- Browham c.1540 Leland 1577 Harrison 1589 Brm 1690 Dep
- Browgam 1582 BrmUC
- Browam 1666 PR(Sh)
- Browhame 1707 PR
Etymology
The great majority of spellings, including the earlier ones, represent an early ME Bru-ham , or indeed Bruh-ham ; this might be derived from OE brū 'brow of a hill' with hām 'homestead', but topographically this is doubtful. The name is usually taken to be a metathesised form of OE Burh -hām , 'homestead near the fortification' (v. burh , hām ); the 'fort' is the Roman fort of Brocavum (infra ). OE burh is not as a rule found in this metathesised form so regularly or so early, but Broughton (Nth 123), which Ekwall derives from burh -tūn (rather than broc -tūn 'brook farm', as suggested by the editors of Nth), has a great many Bro (g )h -, Bruc (h )- Brou - spellings; these offer a good parallel to those of Brougham. It may be added that the first el. of Brougham cannot be derived from Brocavum , as with lenition that would have given Brog - for which OE would have substituted Broc -. There is no village of Brougham.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Brocavum
- Brougham Castle
- Brougham Hall
- Countess Pillar
- Hartshorn Tree
- Hornby Hall
- Julian Bower
- Maud's Pool
- Moorhouse Fm
- Oglebird Plant
- St Ninian's Church
- Udford Ho
- Whinfell Forest, Ho, & Park
- Winderwath
- Woodside
Other OS name
- Ash Hill
- Barrackbank Wood
- Birks
- Brougham Park
- Castle Fm
- Dog Holes
- Fremington
- Hallsteads Wood
- Haversheaf Hall
- Hawk Rigg
- Highground
- Leacet Hill
- Lightwater Bridge
- Miller Larches
- Pembroke Ho
- Quarrystone Bank
- Rabbit Gill
- St Wilfrid's Church
- Salter Hill & Wood
- Slate Hill
- The Sough
- Swine Gill
- Three Brothers'
- Wetheriggs
- White Slack
Field
- ( the ) Boathouse
- Broom Hills
- Brougham mill
- Brownriggs high moor
- Butts
- Caved dub
- Doctor Thorn
- the Entry in Whinfield
- Giant 's Cave
- Greystone brow
- Harry well
- the Hospital
- How croft
- Island
- Leases
- Margast croft
- Mask
- the Milldame
- Nichol garth
- Nine churches holme
- Oak hills
- Peter garth
- Rickerby croft
- Rusher hill
- Sharp stile
- Stan ( c ) khouse
- Tarnfield
- Three nooked close
- Tipperary
- Whinny field
- Woof gill
- Aldparkstank
- le Bank
- Barnegreves
- Bierstede
- Birkbourestank
- Birkmeyer pasture
- Blauncheland
- lez Bondelandes
- Bownbye
- Bowenrigges
- Brearflate
- Briggill
- Bromeclose
- Castellholme
- Causye dike
- Chapelbank
- Crosslands
- le Demaynlande
- le Dereparke
- le Dublusgraves juxta Dubluss
- felde of Browgham
- Fysshegarth bank
- Goryneholme
- le Halirone
- the Hawbanck
- Heades
- le Heedlande
- Hellgill
- Hie crofts
- le Hole yaite
- le Holme
- Holrigeng
- le Langflatt
- Langholme
- Langskarthwalk
- Lawe croftes
- the Lyane dobs
- the Long reyg
- Mason eynge
- Merethornacr '
- ( the ) Mylne holme
- the Moreflatt
- Neuland ( es )
- l ' Orchard
- le Oute wode
- le Owte parke
- le Pageholme
- the Parke Rayle
- the Paythe foyte
- Peatmosshaw head
- Pinfold croft
- Plommereynge
- Porter acre
- le Redewall
- le Sawcery
- poole called Scott Pott
- the Sike
- Skinners well
- Smale raines
- the Sower flatt
- Stellynge acre
- the Stonycroft
- le Stubwath lees
- Stulmyre
- Thornebancke
- the Townegate
- Tranemyer
- Turleburne
- the Warren house
- the Waterweareholme
- Wathepulsike
- Welbank Welkeld lees
- le Willodike