English Place-name Society

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.

Brier Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Breares 1592 FF

Etymology

, Breares 1592 FF , v. brēr ' briar ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name