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.

Brakethorne Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Fifehead Neville

Historical Forms

  • Brokehorn Coppice 1842 ib

Etymology

, Brokehorn Coppice 1842ib , cf. Brokehorn Md or Calves Cl 1842ib , perhaps from brōc and horn if the TA forms are reliable .