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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brimsbury Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Birchover

Historical Forms

  • Bramber 1413 DbAxxii

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. Brimsbury House 1840 O , perhaps to be identified with Bramber (a hill) 1413 DbA xxii , v. brōm , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement