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.

Brushes

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Bruches 13 Sheaf 17

Etymology

, 1770 Earw , Bruches 13 (17) Sheaf , ' lands newly broken out for cultivation ' , v. bryce .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site