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.

bretlond

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • bretlond e.13 BelCartB Hy3 Rut e.14 BelCartB
  • Brathlond Hy3 BelCartB
  • bretland m.13 BelCartB
  • Bretlond ' 1352 Rut
  • longbretland l.13 BelCartB

Etymology

bretlond e. 13 (e. 15), Hy 3, e. 14 (e. 15), Brathlond Hy 3 (e. 15), bretland m. 13 (e. 15), Bretlond' 1352, longbretland l. 13 (e. 15) (v. lang 1) (v. breiðr, land; note Bretland, Ru 58 and 162, where the first el. is incorrectly assigned)