Braishfield

settlement
parish:
county:
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Braishfield
Hampshire
SU3725
refce: HANTSLOC.t

Braishfield
otherwise: Braisfelde, 1235; Brayesfeld, 1287

refce: Coates 1989
BRAISHFIELD, hamlet in Michelmersh, later parish
Possibly Old English 'undergrowth covered open (relatively treeless) land'. The first element is probably the ancestor of the dialect word 'brash' and may be found in 'Bracebridge' (L). The reference may be to woodland regenerating on open land, suitable for coppicing for small poles, etc. But Cope (1883: 11) gives as a Hampshire dialect word 'brashy'='full of small stones', which may suggest a more likely origin.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001