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Survey of English Place-Names

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St Mary's Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Bruntingthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Church (St Mary) 1925 Kelly
  • ecclesie de Brentingestorp 1220 MHW
  • ecclesiam de Brantingesthorp 1236 RGros
  • ecclesia parochiali de Brantingthorpe 1549 Pat
  • the Church-yard c.1708 Terrier 1776 EnclA

Etymology

, Church (St Mary )1925 Kelly; earlieris recorded ecclesie de Brentingestorp 1220 MHW, ecclesiam de Brantingesthorp 1236 RGros, ecclesia parochiali de Brantingthorpe 1549Pat (with MLat  parochialis 'parochial'); note also the Church-yard c.1708Terrier , 1776EnclA , v. churchyerd .