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 Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Browne-hill 1699 ib

Etymology

, 1770 PRGis , Browne-hill 1699 ib , v. brūn , hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site