Brackenholme
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hemingbrough
Historical Forms
- Brachenholm 11th YCh 1195 Ch 1335
- Brachenhol' 1167 P
- Brachene(l)holm 1086 DB
- Brackenholme 1080–6 YCh 1828 Langd
- Brakenholm(e) 1190–1225 YCh 1619 FF
- Brakanholm(e) 1285 KI 1313 Dunelm
- Brakneholme in Spaldyngmore 1343 FF
- Bracknam 1589 FF
Etymology
'River-meadow overgrown with bracken,' v. braken , holmr .Cf. the same name supra 72. The word is found also as Bracken supra 159.