Bracewell
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bracewell
Historical Forms
- Braisuelle 1086 DB
- Braizwell Ric1 Puds
- Braicewell(e), Braycewell(e) 1147–50 YCh 1222 1251 Ass 1276 RH 1428 FA
- Braythwelle 1260 YI
- Brathwell 14 Sawl193d
- Bracewell 1303 KF 1369 FF 1379 PT 1641 Rates
- Braswell 1427 Testi 1564 Visit 1576 PRGis
- Brasewell 1465 Pat
Etymology
'Breið's well or spring', v. wella . The pers.n. is ON Breiðr (gen. Breiz ), ODan Breth , but this form may well have replaced an earlier OE pers.n. Brægd , as Ekwall suggests; the latter pers.n. is not recorded but certainly occurs in Breadsall Db 539.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Audsber Hill
- Aynhams Hill
- Bawden Plant
- Bentha (Hill)
- Bracewell Hall
- Calf Ho
- Cook Hill
- Croft Gate
- Crookber
- Crook Carr
- Flush Beck & Flush Bridge
- Fools Syke
- Gilbeber Hill
- Grazenber
- Gutteridge
- Hargreaves Laithe
- Hawber
- Heber
- The Height
- High Tree Field
- Laithe Butts
- Lodge Hill
- Mill Hill
- Monk Bridge
- New Laithe
- Old Park Laithe & Old Park Syke
- Pond Hill
- Pykeley Field Ho
- Stock Beck, Stock Bridge & Stock Hill
- Sweetcliffe Ho
- Taylor Well
- Turpit Gate Syke
- Wedacre
- Whin Hill
- Yarlside