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Summary

At brixton is the site of a medieval settlement recorded in the domesday survey as brisestona. The estate became divided into brixton english and brixton reigny. The history of the possession of both down to 1428 is given (reichel).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55SE/36

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MANOR (XI to Late Medieval - 1001 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV140843.

Reichel, o. J. /the hundreds of devon/(1928-1938)263,290-291,301/the hundred of plympton in early times.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV140844.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)249.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

At brixton is the site of a medieval settlement recorded in the domesday survey as brisestona. The estate became divided into brixton english and brixton reigny. The history of the possession of both down to 1428 is given (reichel).

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

Brixton is first mentioned in the domesday book of 1086. It appears in various documents throughout the middle ages and spelt in different ways. The first element is perhaps from the old celtic personal name 'brioc' (gover et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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