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.

Braytown Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of High Bray

Historical Forms

  • Bretton in Hautebrae 1301 Ipm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is possibly identical with Bretton in Hautebrae 1301 Ipm . This is a case of the Devon town , ' farm , ' being added to the name of the village in which it is found , cf. infra 676 .

Places in the same Parish