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.

Brechem

Field in the Parish of Hartshorne

Historical Forms

Brechem c.1245 DbAns

Etymology

Brechem c. 1245(v. brēc)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Short Hazels

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Hartshorne