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.

Brantfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, cf. Brant brow 1836KCR , ' steep declivity ' , v. brant , brū , -field is possibly from fjall ' hill ' ( as in Bousfield ii, 42 ) , as the place is on the steep slope of Kendal Fell .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name