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.

Breach Border

Other OS name in the Parish of Lambourn

Historical Forms

  • Breatch Borders 1830 OS
  • The Breeches, Breeches Piece 1848 TA

Etymology

, Breatch Borders 1830 OS, The Breeches ,Breeches Piece 1848TA , v. brēc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement