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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brecks Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirk Sandall

Historical Forms

  • Brecks Close 1843 TA

Etymology

, 1808EnclA 50 , Brecks Close 1843TA , dial . breck ' astrip of uncultivated land ' ( cf. bræc 1 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement