English Place-name Society

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.

Breaks

Other OS name in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • les Brekes 1341 Surv
  • Brecks 1843 O.S.

Etymology

, les Brekes 1341Surv , Brecks 1843 O.S. , v. bræc , dial . breck ' uncultivated strip ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name