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.

Briff Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Bucklebury

Historical Forms

  • Brief Lane 1754 Bucklebury

Etymology

, 1791–2 Bucklebury , Brief Lane 1754 Bucklebury , cf. Brief Meadows 1840TA . Cf. Brief , f.n. in Compton Beauchamp , Pt 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement