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.

Braiswick Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Colchester

Historical Forms

  • Bray(e)swik, Bray(e)swyk(e) 1428–39 Inqaqd 1431–42 ECP 1540 LP
  • Bras(e)wyke 1544,1546 LP
  • Bracewick t.Hy8 EAxi

Etymology

is Bray (e )swik , Bray (e )swyk (e )1428–39 Inq aqd, 1431–42 ECP,1540 LP, Bras (e )wyke 1544, 1546 LP, Bracewick t. Hy 8 EA xi .