Brickhill

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Brickell

Etymology

From Breton breg (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).

Proper noun

Brickhill (countable and uncountable, plural Brickhills)

1. A civil parish and suburban area in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL053521).
2. A hamlet in Rockbourne parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1215).
3. A habitational surname.

Derived terms

• Bow Brickhill
• Great Brickhill
• Little Brickhill

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Brickhill is the 36665^th most common surname in England, belonging to 90 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brickhill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 226.