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Sandbraes

Other OS name in the Parish of Caistor

Historical Forms

  • the Sand Brays on Caistor Moor 1825 BC
  • Sand Brays 1828 Bry
  • The Sand Braes Plantation 1854 MiscDon

Etymology

, the Sand Brays on Caistor Moor 1825BC , Sand Brays 1828 Bry, The Sand Braes Plantation 1854MiscDon 140 , presumably ' the sandy slope ' , the second el . being ME  bro , bra ' aslope, a bank ' , dial . brae , chiefly Scots and North Country .