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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.

Bubwith Ferry

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bubwith

Historical Forms

  • passagium in aqua Derwente inter Bubwyth et Northduffeld 1367 FF
  • Bubbwith fery 1407 YD
  • Bubwithferygate 13th Selby
  • Ferydale 1407 YD

Etymology

Bubwith Ferry (now replaced by a toll-bridge) is passagium in aqua Derwente inter Bubwyth et Northduffeld 1367 FF, Bubbwith fery 1407 YD. A road in North Duffield leading to the ferry was called Bubwithferygate 13th Selby and a nearby field was called Ferydale 1407 YD. v. ferja , gata , dal .

Places in the same Parish