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.

Brant Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Bransty(e) 1578 Comm

Etymology

, sometimes called Branstree , Bransty (e )1578Comm , originally ' the steep path ' , v. brant , stīg , the track over the mountains from Hawes Water to Longsleddale ; Brant Street is the name of the hillside on the upper side of the lake .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement