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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.

Briergrove

Other OS name in the Parish of New Mills

Historical Forms

  • Breregreve 1530 Lanc
  • Bregreve 1564,1590 ib
  • the Briergreeve House 1640 Map

Etymology

, Breregreve 1530 Lanc, Bregreve 1564, 1590 ib, the Briergreeve House 1640Map , v. brēr , grǣfe .