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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bracham Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Burstock

Historical Forms

  • (Long) Bracham 1840 TA
  • Breakhams 1839 ib
  • Brekkam 13 Forde 15
  • Lyttle Braccome 1597 DCMDeed

Etymology

, named from the f. ns . (Long ) Bracham 1840TA in this par. and Breakhams 1839ib in Broadwindsor par. supra ,earlier Brekkam 13 (15) Forde , Lyttle Braccome (a close) 1597DCMDeed ; the forms are discrepant but the first el . may be bracu ' thicket, bracken ' with either hamm ' enclosure ' or cumb ' valley ' .