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.

Wrayes Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Grimsby

Historical Forms

  • the Wrayes bridg 1654 GrimsCBviii
  • Wray 1726 PRStJ

Etymology

Wrayes Bridge (lost), the Wrayes bridg 1654GrimsCB viii ; probably named from an ancestor of Miles Wray 1726 PRStJ.