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.

Brimley

Other OS name in the Parish of Yarcombe

Historical Forms

  • Bremelegh t.Hy6,t.Hy8 Ct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bremelegh t. Hy 6, t. Hy 8Ct . ' Bramble clearing , ' v. leah .