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.

Bratton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bratton

Historical Forms

  • Bratton 1177 P 1201 Cur 1202 Abbr 1212 ClR
  • Bracton(e) 1196 Cur 1333 Ipm
  • Bracton(e) next Westbury 1335 ib
  • Bractun 1221 FineR
  • Brotton 1227 FF
  • Bretton 1241 1256,1267 Pat 1281 Ass t.Hy8 NQiii

Etymology

This is a compound of OE  bræc, 'newly cultivated land,' etc., and tun. Cf. Bratton Fleming (PN D 29–30).