The story
- Old English · derived fromberned“burnt”
- English todayBrindley
From Old English berned (“burnt”) + lēah (“woodland, glade, clearing”). Equivalent to burnt + -ley (“lea”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534). Full definition →