Bratley Wood

Bratley Wood, Minstead
wood
parish:
county:
coords:
Minstead
Hampshire
SU2208
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXI.2

Bratley Wood
otherwise: Brottele, 1365; Bratteley, 1490

refce: Coates 1989
BRATLEY INCLOSURE, PLAIN and WOOD
Old English/Middle English 'brittle clearing/wood'. The Middle English word 'brotel' is used of a tree (about 1325) and (figuratively) of ground (about 1395). See also INCLOSURE.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001