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.

Gt Breach 2 acres and Lt Breach

Field in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • claus ' voc ' le Breche 1415 Seymer 1452 Seymer 1494 Seymer
  • ( The house and home mead at ) Brach 1640 Seymer
  • South Brach Close 1640 Seymer
  • Brach ( Close ) Mead 1640 Seymer
  • the 4 Braches 1640 Seymer
  • South Breach c.1750 Seymer

Etymology

Gt Breach2 acres and Lt Breach(claus' voc' le Breche 1415, 1452,1494,(The house and home mead at) Brach, South Brach Close, Brach(Close) Mead, the 4 Braches 1640, South Breach c.1750, v. brēc, brǣc'land broken up for cultivation')