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.

Brown Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Brow- 1770 M

Etymology

, 1840TA , Brow -1770 M , v. brūn , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement