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Upper Brailes

village · Warwickshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Upper Brailes means 'the upper settlement by the steep hills'. 'Brailes' is thought to derive from Old English 'bræġel' (a steep slope or hill).

Word origins

Upper Brailes
Old EnglishUpper settlement by the steep hills(from uppe "upper", bræġel "steep slope, hill")

Historical forms

Brailes