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.

Base Brown

Other OS name in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Bess Brown 1774 Donald

Etymology

is Bess Brown 1774 Donald . It may be noted that a William Basbroun appears under Santon in 1332 SR .