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Description
Grid reference: SW 340 312
Ecclesiastical parish: St Just in Penwith. Civil parish: St Just.
Coastal rocks.
Chronological Sequence
Bresan Island, 1576; Bresand Insula, c.1600; Breland Isle, 1654; Isle Bresam, 1692; Bresom, 1699; Breezan, 1728; Breezon Island, 1750; Bresoms, 1827, 1884; The Brisons, 1988, 2005, 2011
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Bresan Island : 1576
Bresand Insula : c.1600
Breland Isle : 1654
Isle Bresam : 1692
Bresom: 1699
Breezan : 1728
Breezon Island : 1750
Bresoms : 1827, 1884
The Brisons : 1988, 2005, 2011
References
Bresan island
Padel, 1988, p60, citing from 1576
Bresand Ins(ula)
Norden, c.1600, maps
Breland I(sle)
Sanson, 1654, map
Isle Bresam
Rocks off coast.
Jaillot, 1692, map
Bresom
Gascoyne, 1699, map
Breezan
van Keulen, 1728, map
Breezon Island
Padel, 1988, p60, citing from 1750
Bresoms
Greenwood, 1827, map
Symons, 1884
The Brisons
Rocks off coast.
Padel, 1988
OS, 1:25000, 2005
OS, 1:25000, 2011
Satellite View
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