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.

Breaks Fold, Breaks Gill, Breaks Ridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Fewston

Historical Forms

  • Breakes Sheephouse 1613 Grainge
  • Brakes Fold 1858 O.S.

Etymology

, Breakes Sheephouse 1613 Grainge 83,Brakes Fold 1858 O.S. , v. bræc 1 ' thicket ' , dial . breck ' uncultivated strip ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name