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 Brake

Other OS name in the Parish of Hucclecote

Historical Forms

  • Brake Grove 1775 GR184

Etymology

, Brake Grove 1775GR 184 , v. bræc 1 ' thicket ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement