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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brim Bray Pond, Brim Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Ripon

Historical Forms

  • Bream Brere 1846 TA

Etymology

, Bream Brere 1846TA , 1858 O.S. , v. brēme ' rugged ' , ' rugged ground ' , brēr ' briar ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site