The Brisons (St Just in Penwith)
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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


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