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.

Bracken Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkandrews upon Eden

Historical Forms

  • Brakanhil 1295 Rental
  • Over, Nether Brakenhill 1518–29 ECP
  • Little Brickinhill 1775 CWxxii
  • Little Breckonhill 1777 ib
  • Brakenhill 1285 For

Etymology

Brakenhill 1285For (p) may refer to this place. 'Bracken hill.'