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Bretton

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | 328 words | Copyright

Bretton, ‘farmstead of the Britons’. OE Brettas (genitive Bretta) + tūn: Bretton Flin. Bretton c.1310. Bretton, Monk Barns. Brettone 1086 (DB), Munkebretton 1225. Affix from OE munuc ‘monk’ referring to the monks of Bretton Priory. Bretton, West Wakefd. Bretone 1086 (DB), West Bretton c.1200.

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