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.

Breck Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Wallasey

Historical Forms

  • le Brecfeld c.1280 Sheaf 18
  • le Brekkes 1331 ChFor
  • Wallasey-breck 1815 Sheaf
  • Breck, The Breck 1841 TA

Etymology

, le Brecfeld c.1280 (18) Sheaf,le Brekkes 1331ChFor , Wallasey-breck 1815 Sheaf, Breck , The Breck 1841TA , ' the hillside ' , v. brekka , feld , (ge)hæg , geard .