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.

Breach Ctg

Other OS name in the Parish of Wambrook

Etymology

, cf. claus ' voc ' Breche 1550Midd , Breach (or Stone Close ), (Three ) Corner Breach , (5 Acre ) Gt Breach , Hr Breach , Breach 4 Acres 1844TA , v. breche ' land broken upfor cultivation ' .