Breaston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Breaston
Historical Forms
- Braidestune (bis), Braidestone 1086 DB
- Braideston(e), Braydeston(e) 1269 Ass 1283 Pat 1302 FA 1431 et passim
- Braidston 1355 Beauvale 1474 IpmR
- Breydeston(e), Breideston(e), Breidiston(e), -ton(e) 1208–15 RegAnt 1223 Pat 1243 Fees c.1250 Dale 1428 FA
- Bredeston(e) 1211 Cur 1258 FF
- Breyston 1350 Cor
- Brayston(e) 1533 WollCh 1563 FF
- Brayson 1555 Middleton
- Braston 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed
- Breston 1651 ParlSurv
Etymology
'Brægd's farm', v. tūn . Cf. Breadsall infra 539 and Bradeston Nf for this unrecorded OE pers.n.