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.

Fleet Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • Flete brigg, Flete brygge 1492 GrimsExtent
  • fletebryge 1543 ib

Etymology

Fleet Bridge (lost), Flete brigg , Flete brygge 1492GrimsExtent , fletebryge 1543ib , v. flēot , brycg in a Scandinavianized form and cf. Fleet Gate infra .