Brenkley is a hamlet and former civil parish about 6 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, now in the parish of Dinnington, in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.

[2] Brenkley is possibly a shrunken medieval village, although there is no indications on the ground.

[3] Brenkley is one of the possible sources of the surname Brinkley.

[4] Brenkley was formerly a township in the parish of Dinnington,[5] from 1866 Brenkley was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Dinnington, the rest went to form Brunswick.

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