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.

Brackenthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Beauconquayte (sic) 1274 Ipm
  • Brackenthwa(i)t 1595,1596 Kendi,334–5 1777 M

Etymology

Brackenthwaite, Beauconquayte (sic)1274 Ipm, Brackenthwa (i )t 1595, 1596 Kend i, 334–5, 1777 M. 'Clearing amongst the bracken', v. brakni , þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement