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.

The Breach

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halesowen

Historical Forms

  • le Breche 1282,1294 Ct

Etymology

This is from bræc or brec and denotes land broken up by the plough. Cf. PN Bk 55, 60, 61 and Breach and Brache in PN BedsHu 81, 157.