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.

Bedford Purlieus

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhaugh

Historical Forms

  • my lorde of Bedfordes woodes 1611 Brudenell

Etymology

is my lorde of Bedfordes woodes 1611Brudenell . The manor belonged to the Duke of Bedford from the 15th cent , down to 1904 (VCH ii, 530–1) . For purlieu v. supra 170 .

Places in the same Parish