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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brown's Gate & Brown's Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Painswick

Historical Forms

  • Bromeshill 1540 MinAcct
  • Brown hill 1785 Will

Etymology

, Bromeshill 1540MinAcct , Brown hill 1785 Will , named from the family of Browne ( 1569, 1573, 1581 PR 8 , pp. 5 , 6 , 8 ) .