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.

Brackenthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cumrew

Historical Forms

Brakenthweyt in Gillesland 1285 For

Brakanthwayt 1459 Fine

Breknowhate 1603 Gilsland

Brackanthwait 1613 CWxx

Etymology

'Bracken þveit.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Cumrew