English Place-name Society

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.

Breachwood Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of King's and St Paul's Walden

Historical Forms

  • Brachewode, Brachewoddgrene 1327 BM
  • le Brachewodde t.Ed6 Add
  • Brachewood 1556 AOMB
  • Brachwood greene t.Chas1 Add

Etymology

Breachwood Green is Brachewode , Brachewoddgrene 1327 BM, le Brachewodde t. Ed 6Add , Brachewood 1556AOMB , Brachwood greene t. Chas 1Add . The name may have referred to a strip of land reclaimed from woodland, v. bræc , wudu .