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.

Brokenbrea

Other OS name in the Parish of Kettlewell

Historical Forms

  • Broken bray 1847 TA

Etymology

, Broken bray 1847TA , ' broken or uneven slope ' from brocen and ON brá ' brow ' , dial . brae ' hill-side, steep slope ' .