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.

Brackenslack

Early-attested site in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Historical Forms

  • Brakans(c)lac c.1270 MdMb c.1300 Lowth
  • Brackanslack(e), Brackenslack(e) 1671,1695 PR 1677 PR(Sh)

Etymology

Brackenslack, Brakans (c )lac c. 1270 MdMb 357, c. 1300Lowth , Brackanslack (e ), Brackenslack (e )1671, 1695 PR, 1677 PR(Sh). 'Hollow overgrown with bracken', v. brakni , slakki .