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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bratts Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Beelsby

Etymology

( lost ) , 1828 Bry , cf. closes called ...Bratts 1699 Beelsby , Bratts 1848TA , from brot ' a small piece ofland ' , brat being a common form in L . It is the lane marking the boundary with Irby , from New Fm and the junction of the road leading south - west to Beelsby village .