Bramall lane was named after the Bramall famlily who made files. It was originally named Whitehouse Lane. Unfortunately all my notes on this are elsewhere at the moment, but I can look them up and post another message later. The family name was spelt Bramhall originally. I'm told that (although the name was sometimes spelt Bramall and Brammall), there was a family fall-out, and some of them dropped the 'h' to disassociate from the other Bramhalls! No idea if this is true though! Claire