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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brake Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • (the) Breykes 1571,1576 Arm
  • High Breakes 1587 ib

Etymology

, (the ) Breykes 1571,1576 Arm, High Breakes 1587 ib , v. bræc 1 ' a brake, thicket ' ( ME plur. brākes ) .