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.

Brook Rein

Other OS name in the Parish of Brayton

Etymology

, 1841 O.S. , v. brōc , rein ' boundary strip ' ; this narrow strip of woodland lies on the Hambleton boundary .