Spital Bridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitby
Historical Forms
- Ad pontem Hospitalis c.1175–98 Whitby
- Spittalle-brigge 1540 Whitby
Etymology
v. brycg . The first element is ME spital , an aphetised form of OFr hospital . There is still a farm called Hospital in the district.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Briggswath
- Flat Howe
- Grosmont
- Iburndale
- Lythe Beck
- Sleights
- Ugglebarnby
- Cock Mill
- Gnipe Howe
- Hawsker Bottoms
- Larpool Hall
- Ling Hill
- Rigg
- Saltwick
- Shawm Rigg
- Stainsacre
- Whitby Laithes
- Dunsley
- Graystone
- Raithwaite
- Swarthoe Cross
- Ruswarp Carr
- Stakesby
- Upgang
- Airy Hill
- Baldby Fields
- Breck
- Church Street
- The Fitts
- Flowergate
- Prestby
- Sowerby
- Thingwall