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.

Brackenbrough Tower

Other OS name in the Parish of Hesket in the Forest

Historical Forms

  • Le Brakenburgh 1597 LRMB
  • Brackenborough 1667 Lowther
  • Brackenbrough 1776 CWxxxix

Etymology

[ brikinbruf ] is Le Brakenburgh 1597LRMB , Brackenborough 1667Lowther ,Brackenbrough 1776 CW xxxix . v. braken , berg .