Bramley
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Named after butcher Matthew Bramley, who owned the tree from which cuttings were taken in the mid-1800s.
Noun
Bramley (plural Bramleys)
- A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple.
- Bramleys are a good choice when making pies.
Usage notes
- Used attributively in the phrase "Bramley apple"
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old English brom (“broom”) + leah (“wood clearing, meadow”), like Bromley. Equivalent to broom + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Bramley
- Any of several places in England:
- A village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4079).
- A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU6559). [1]
- A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4892).
- A village and civil parish in Waverley borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0144). [2]
- A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE2434).
- A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- A small townsite in the South West Region of Western Australia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.