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Bream's Eaves

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Breemes Yves, Breemes E(a)ves 1635 For 1655,1669,1692 Comm

Etymology

Bream's Eaves, Breemes Yves , Breemes E (a )ves 1635For , 1655, 1669, 1692Comm . v. efes 'edge, edge of a wood'; the first el. is Bream (236infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement