English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Breach

Early-attested site in the Parish of Maulden

Historical Forms

  • ate Brache 1307 Ass

Etymology

For this element v. Grove Farm supra 69 and bræc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement