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.

Bracken Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Crofton

Historical Forms

  • Broken hill (sic) 1663 Glebe

Etymology

, 1844TA , Broken hill (sic)1663Glebe , v. brakni , hyll , cf. Brackenhill 78supra , 119 infra .