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.

Brownswell

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashburton

Historical Forms

  • Bruneswell 1238 Ass
  • Bruneswyll 1244 Ass

Etymology

is Bruneswell 1238Ass ,Bruneswyll 1244Ass (p) . ' Brūn 's spring , ' v. wielle .