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.

Bury Brake

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradden

Etymology

Bury Brake (6″). Cf. William ate Bury de Braddene (1297For ) and Agnes de Bery (t. Ed 3SR ), v. burh . The term is probably manorial here.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement