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.

Bretby Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Bretby

Historical Forms

  • Castrum de Bretteby 1353 Orig

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Castrum de Bretteby 1353 Orig , v. castel(l) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement