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.

Brendon

Other OS name in the Parish of Sutcombe

Historical Forms

  • Bremdon 1330 SR

Etymology

is Bremdon 1330SR (p) . Probably ' bramble-hill , ' v. dun , and cf. Brendon supra 58 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement