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.

Brackenthwaite

Other OS name in the Parish of Westward

Historical Forms

  • Brakenthwate 1578 Cocker

Etymology

is Brakenthwate 1578Cocker . ' Bracken þveit . '