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.

Brinklow Heath

Other OS name in the Parish of Brinklow

Etymology

. Cf. Hethbutteweie 12thCombe . It is impossible to determine the meaning of butte in this compound . Whatever its meaning , the compound carries back the word butt ( e ) some 250 years earlier than any usage of that word recorded in NED .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement