Brimpton is a mostly rural village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. Brimpton is centred 4.5 miles ESE of the town of Newbury. One suggested origin of the name of Brimpton comes from "Brynni's Town"; Brynni was an Anglo-Saxon owner of the land. A more likely explanation is that Brimpton stands on a hill, and the name comes from a Saxo-Celt…Brimpton is a mostly rural village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England. Brimpton is centred 4.5 miles ESE of the town of Newbury. One suggested origin of the name of Brimpton comes from "Brynni's Town"; Brynni was an Anglo-Saxon owner of the land. A more likely explanation is that Brimpton stands on a hill, and the name comes from a Saxo-Celtic version of "Hill Town"; the Celtic word for hill being "bryn". This name was probably coined in reference to the Iron Age settlement.
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