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Bracknell Cottage, Bracknell Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Normanton

Historical Forms

  • Bracknell House 1935 ib

Etymology

( both 6 ″ ) , Bracknell House 1935ib , cf. Brackne (l ) Lane 1726ib , 1824Terrier , John Bloodeth 's Braknell 1726Anc ( with the surn . Bloodworth ) . Most likely , the source - name means ' bracken-covered hill ' , v. brakni , hyll , although OE  halh ' anook, a corner of land ' is possible as its second element .