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Brecks Plant

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Wharfe

Historical Forms

  • Kirkby Breaks 1817 M
  • Brecks Farm 1858 O.S.

Etymology

. , Kirkby Breaks 1817 M, Brecks Farm 1858 O.S. , v. brekka ' slope ' ; bræc ' uncultivated strip ' is unlikely here as the copse is on the hillside of Grimston Park .