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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.

Britland Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Bretland Edge 1771,1817 M

Etymology

, Bretland Edge 1771, 1817 M , possibly ' Britons'land ' , v. Brettas , land , ecg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name