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.

Breastfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornton in Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Briseselmyre 1318 ADiv

Etymology

, 1842TA , Briseselmyre 1318 AD iv , probably for Brisefelmyre ( v. fjall ' hill ' ) , as it is on a small but prominent hill north - west of Burton : Brise - is obscure .