Brinkworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Brinkworth
Historical Forms
- Brinkewrða 1065 KCD817 14th
- Brinkeswurda 1190 P
- Brinkeworþe 1191 RegMalm 1479 PCC
- Brenchewrde, Brecheorde 1086 DB
- Brenkewrtha 1156 RegMalm
- Brenkewrþe t.Hy3 ib
- Brenkewurth 1236 FF 1370 Cl
- Brankeswurda 1186 P
- Brankewurd 1247 Pap
- Brengewurth 1242 Fees
- Bringewurth 13th ADvi
- Brunkwurth 1242 Fees
- Brunkeworth 1428 FA
- Brenchesworth 1279 Ass
- Brencheswrthe 1281 ib
Etymology
'Brynca 's farmstead,' v. worþ . Cf. Brinklow (PN Wa 98–9), where it is shown that the recorded personal name Brynca is much more likely to be the first element in this name than any unrecorded OE brinc , denoting a slope.