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.

Breresclyf ( t )

Field in the Parish of Matson

Historical Forms

Breresclyf ( t ) 1354 GlR 1357 GlR

Etymology

Breresclyf(t) 1354, 1357 GlR(v. brēr'briar', clif)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Matson