Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Bushy Bratley, Minstead

	Bushy Bratley Bushy Bratley, Minstead
parish: county: coords:	Minstead Hampshire SU2308
refce:	HANTSLOC.t

old map:	25inch County Series map -- Hants LXXI.3

	Bushy Bratley otherwise: Brottele, 1365; Bratteley, 1490
refce:	Coates 1989 BUSHY BRATLEY, in Minstead and Broomy Walk 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