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Brent Knoll is a high hill on the Somerset Levels, in Somerset, England. It is located roughly half way between Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater, from the Bristol Channel coast at Burnham-on-Sea. At the foot of the hill are two villages East Brent and Brent Knoll, which takes its name from the hill but was previously called South Brent. The hill's size and isolated position on the levels mean that it dominates the landscape and can be seen for many miles, and its prominence is emphasised to travellers because the Bristol to Taunton railway line, M5 motorway, A370 and A38 roads all pass within a mile or less from its base. ==Toponymy== The word 'knoll' usually means a small hill or hill-top. The origin of the name Brent is unclear. The name may derive from the word "brant" meaning "steep" in Old English,〔( Surname Database:Brentnall )〕 although other suggestions have been put forward,〔(Brent Knoll Village website: A Brief History )〕 such as from a word meaning ''burnt'' in Old English, suggesting that the settlement was at some time burnt by the Danes.〔Sylvanus Urban, ed., ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' (1846), (p. 359 ): "The derivation from burning is not so extravagant, for such, we believe, is the authentic etymology of Brentwood, in Essex".〕 Another proposal is that the name comes from a Celtic term meaning "high place". Another possibility is that the name of Brent simply derives from the local river, the Brent, which gives its name to a Somerset hundred.〔〔Benjamin Clarke, ''The British gazetteer, political, commercial, ecclesiastical'' (1852), p. 405: "The name is evidently derived from its being situated on the banks of the river Brent..."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brent Knoll」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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