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.

Breck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Breche 1086 DB
  • Brecca, Breccam 1086 DB 1100–c.1115 YCh 1133 Whitby

Etymology

'The slope' v. brekka and Introduction xxvii.