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.

Brun

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Etymology

, 1724 PRSad , probably ON  brún ' a moor ' or bruni ' place cleared by burning ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement