The name doesn't seem to feature on OS maps before 1976. Probably a
modern invention.
Steve
On 06/11/2017 16:16, Tom Ikins wrote:
> Thanks Richard,
> My interest was that Milton Park (in Bretton) is the source of a stream that flows past the Roman fort at Longthorpe, in theory named Brivis (like the river Brue). That name I expect was incorporated into that of the nearby defended settlement at Water Newton, Duro-brivis.
>
> Pretty much the same at Rochester, info on Jane's Creek is practically non-existent, other than rip-tides there.
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>
> ---- Richard Coates <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Can't find any in the EPNS county volume or DEPN.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The English Place-Name List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Ikins
>> Sent: 06 November 2017 13:52
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>> Subject: [EPNL] Bretton, Hunts.
>>
>> Are there any early forms of Bretton, Hunts. TF165005 ?
>> I've found some person names in the Lay Subsidy Rolls- Bretoun, Breton, and Breton'- but can't be certain they are related. Nothing in Skeats, don't have Mawer.
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>> Tom Ikins
> Tom Ikins
>
> The Roman Map of Britain
> http://www.romanmap.com
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