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.

Brand Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halesowen

Historical Forms

  • la Brende Halle 1309 LyttCh
  • Brandehalle 1320 FF

Etymology

'The burnt hall' (v. brende ), referring to some incident in the past history of the place or, if halle , as so often, be for earlier hale , it might be the 'burned or cleared nook of land.'