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.

Breach Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stanton St John

Historical Forms

  • le Brech 1278–9 RH

Etymology

Breach Fm (6″) is so named 1778EnclA . It takes name from le Brech 1278–9 RH. v. breche .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement