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.

Brecks Wood, Long Brecks Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blyth

Etymology

Brecks Wood, Long Brecks Lane (6″). Cf. Breches , Brekes , le Westebrekes 13thBlyth , le Brekes 1274 ib., Long Brecks 1805EnclA . v. bræc infra 276.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement