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.

Brambleby

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckfastleigh

Historical Forms

  • Bremelby t.Hy8 Dartmoor

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bremelby t. Hy 8 Dartmoor . The second element is the OE  word byge discussed under Huccaby supra 194 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement