Brinkley

The Brinkley Family of Wallace in County Duplin is represented by Lord Franklin, Seneschal of Brinkley. The surname Brinkley was first found in Cambridgeshire at Brinkley, a small village about 15 miles from Cambridge in the union of Newmarket, hundred of Radfield. [1] The village dates back to the late 12th century when it was first listed as Brinkelai and literally meant "woodland clearing of a man called Brynca," from the Old English personal name + "leah."