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.

Bretch Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Banbury

Etymology

Bretch Fm (6″) and The Bretch in North Newington. Cf. le Breche 15th AD, v. breche .