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.

Bramaskew

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Brameskewe 1597 PR
  • Bramaskewgh 1606 ib
  • Bramaskowe 1658 WillS

Etymology

, Brameskewe 1597 PR, Bramaskewgh 1606ib, Bramaskowe 1658 WillS , ' broom hill wood ' , v. brōm , haugr , skógr , and for the form Bram - cf. Bramley i, 134supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement