English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Purlbridge Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colyton

Historical Forms

  • Purlebrugge 1330 SR

Etymology

The earliest form suggests that the place takes its name from a bridge over a small stream called Purle . For the possibility of such a stream-name, cf. s. n. Prill in RN 333. Some of the later forms show the influence of folk-etymology in the attempt to christen a very tiny stream.

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