Breadstone

settlement · Gloucestershire

Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements

Breadstone is likely an Old English name meaning 'broad stone'. It combines 'brād' meaning 'broad' with 'stān' meaning 'stone'.

Word origins

brād
Old EnglishAttestedbroad(from brād "broad")
stān
Old EnglishAttestedstone(from stān "stone")

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