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.

Briar Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Droitwich

Historical Forms

  • molendinum voc. Brerhulle
  • Bryerhylle 1535 VE

Etymology

'Briar-(hill)-mill.' v. brær , hyll , with omission of the middle element in the triple-compound.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement