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Breakwater Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterton

Historical Forms

  • Bra Water 1456 ArchJxl 1703
  • Brewater meadows (sic) 1660 LindDep c1900
  • Bray Waters 1767 Stubbs
  • the Braywaters 1772 EnclA

Etymology

, perhaps to be indentified with Bra Water 1456 (1703) ArchJ xl, Brewater meadows (sic)1660 (c1900) LindDep 78 , Bray Waters 1767Stubbs , the Braywaters 1772EnclA , probably ' the broad waters ' , v. breiðr , wæter .