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.

Brackenhurst

Other OS name in the Parish of Bolton by Bowland

Historical Forms

  • Brackan Hirst 1654 PRBlt

Etymology

, Brackan Hirst 1654 PRBlt , v. brakni , hyrst ' wood ' .