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.

The Grey Mare & Her Colts

Other OS name in the Parish of Long Bredy

Historical Forms

  • Cromlech 1811 OS

Etymology

( SY 584870 ) , 1863 Hutch3 , Cromlech 1811 OS , a Neolithic chambered long barrow of c. 2000 BC , so named from the damaged remains of the burial chamber , three upright stones and a capstone which has slipped out of place , v. RCHM 142, DoNHAS 6730ff .