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 Breach

Other OS name in the Parish of Hawkesbury

Historical Forms

  • la Breche Ed3 Surv

Etymology

, 1830 M , la Breche Ed 3Surv , v. brēc ' land broken up for cultivation ' .