Branksome

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Branksome

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Taken from the setting of Walter Scott's The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), based on the real Branxholme Castle in the Scottish Borders.

proper noun

A suburb of Poole in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0592).
A suburb in Darlington borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2616).

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@misc{branksome_2026,
  title = {Branksome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/branksome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}