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Broad Breach

Other OS name in the Parish of Bloxworth

Historical Forms

  • Broad Wd (Bewleys Breach and Broad Wd) 1845 TA

Etymology

, Broad Wd (Bewleys Breach and Broad Wd )1845TA , cf. Brechelond (e )1459, 1546Lane , Breachland 1620ib , Little breach (e ),Smale breach (e )1618ib , the breache Copice 1621ib , le Breach (es ), the Breach (es )1674–1690Pick , (East ) Breach 1845TA , v. brǣc ' land broken up ' , land .