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.

Brownough

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • the browne haugh 1611 LRMB200
  • Brounough 1620 Surv
  • the Brow(e)hough (meadow), Bromoughe, Brannoughe 1611 LRMB200

Etymology

, the browne haugh 1611LRMB 200, Brounough 1620Surv , the Brow (e )hough (meadow ), Bromoughe , Brannoughe 1611LRMB 200 , ' brown hollow ' , v. brūn 1 , halh .