Brampton Bryan
village · County of Herefordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Brampton Bryan means 'farmstead or village belonging to Breme, associated with the Bryan family'. The name combines a personal name with the Old English term for a farmstead, and later added 'Bryan' to identify the landholding family. It indicates a settlement of Breme later held by the Bryan family.
Word origins
- Bram-
- Old EnglishBreme (personal name)(from Brēma "a personal name")
- -ton
- Old EnglishAttestedfarmstead, village(from tūn "enclosed farmstead, village")
- Bryan
- Norman FrenchBryan family(from Brian "a given name")
Historical forms
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