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.

Braithwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Braithwait(e) 1645 PRKy 1817 M

Etymology

Braithwaite, Braithwait (e )1645 PRKyet freq to 1817 M. 'Broad clearing', v. breiðr , þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement