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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bratlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Riby

Historical Forms

  • Riby Bratlands 1824 O 1830 Gre

Etymology

, Riby Bratlands 1824 O, 1830 Gre , cf. Bratlings Wood 1803LindDep 29 , Bratlings Plot 1820ib , Bratlands Plot 1844ib , Bratlands Cover 1828 Bry , Bratlands Wood 1844LindDep 29 , probably ' a small piece of land ' , v. brot , land .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement