Brixton is a village, parish and former manor situated near Plymouth in South Hams, Devon, England.

[3] Brixton appears as Brictricestone in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is recorded as having 4 villagers and 2 smallholders, and livestock consisting of 7 pigs and 31 sheep.

[4] The name 'Brixton' derives from the early Brictricestone, as recorded in the Domesday Book, the name given to the village by the Norman de Britrickstone family.

[5] William White's 1879 gazetteer features a different spelling for the surname: "The manor of Brixton, anciently called Britricheston, was long held by a family of its own name, but was dismembered many years ago.

[2][5] In William White's 1879 History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon, Brixton was said to have had 698 residents (325 males, 373 females) in 1871, living in 147 houses.