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.

Braythorn

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Overblow

Historical Forms

  • Breathorne 1635 WillY

Etymology

, 1771 M , Breathorne 1635 WillY , ' broad thorn-tree ' , v. breiðr , þorn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name