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.

Brache (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Luton

Historical Forms

  • la Brache 1276,1287 Ass 1422 IpmR
  • la Breche 1240 Ass 1247 Ass 1426 IpmR
  • le Breyche 1376 IpmR

Etymology

v. bræc . For this term, cf. Breach in Maulden supra 81.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement