Brickhill
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Brickell
Etymology
From Breton breg (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).
Proper noun
Brickhill (countable and uncountable, plural Brickhills)
- A civil parish and suburban area in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL053521).
- A hamlet in Rockbourne parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1215). [1]
- A habitational surname.
Derived terms
- Bow Brickhill
- Great Brickhill
- Little Brickhill
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Brickhill is the 36665th most common surname in England, belonging to 90 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brickhill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 226.
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