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Survey of English Place-Names

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Breast High

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Etymology

, 1859OS , ME  brest ' breast of a hill ' or ON  *brest ' slope ' ( cf. Bow MabbleBreast i, 179supra ) , v. hēah 2 ' high place ' ( as in Lupton Highi, 47supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement