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.

Brunswood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kniveton

Historical Forms

  • le Longebrendewode c.1230 BelCh
  • le Brend(e)wod(e) Hy3,Ed1 Kniveton
  • Brundwood 1678 Derby

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , le Longebrendewode c. 1230BelCh , le Brend (e )wod (e )Hy 3, Ed 1Kniveton , Brundwood 1678Derby , ' burnt wood ' , v. brende 2 , wudu .