Brackenholmes
Other OS name in the Parish of Roxby cum Risby
Historical Forms
- Bracconhoumes 1647 Elw
- Breckenholmes 1659 ib
Etymology
, 1798Elw , 1841TA , Bracconhoumes 1647Elw ,Breckenholmes 1659ib , cf. brakenhoulme close 1606Terrier , ' the pieces of higher dry ground amidst the marshes where bracken grows ' , v. brakni , holmr , in the pl . , a Scand compound. For the form inBracconhoumes , cf. Sawcliffe Fm supra .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Roxby Causeway
- The Buttonhook
- Cringlebeck Fm
- Dudley Covert
- Hall Fm
- Highfield Fm
- Jeffries Covert
- Maud's Covert
- Risby Grange
- Risby Warren
- Risby Warren Fm
- Rookery Plantation
- Roxby Grange
- Roxby Carrs
- Scabcroft
- Scotney
- Sheffield's Hill
- Smalethorpe
- Thorne Holt
- Vicarage
- Walk Ho
- Westfield Holt