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.

Brackenhoe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marton

Historical Forms

Brac(h)anhou 12 Whitby

Brachan(e)hoc 1160–76 YCh 13 Whitby

Etymology

'Bracken hill' v. braken , hoh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Marton in Cleveland