Etymology

Bracknell

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in Bracknell Forest district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8669). Full definition →

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The story

First recorded in a Winkfield Boundary Charter of AD 942 as Braccan heal, perhaps meaning "nook of land belonging to a man called Bracca".

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