English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Great Brand and Little Brand

Other OS name in the Parish of Geddington

Historical Forms

  • the Brand 1608 Depositions
  • Geddington-Bran 1791 Bridges

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Brand 1608Depositions ,Geddington -Bran 1791 Bridges . Evidently ' a place cleared byburning . ' Cf. Braunder (PN D 223) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement