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.

Briggswath

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Briggwath 1230–50 Guis

Etymology

'Bridge ford,' i.e. near a bridge, v. brycg , vað .