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 .