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.

Bridge Court

Early-attested site in the Parish of Battersea

Historical Forms

  • Bruges 1225 Ass 1248 FF
  • pontem de Bruges 1279 QW
  • villa de Bregges 1303 Ct
  • atte Brigge 1312 Ass
  • Brug(g)es 1357 Ipm 1364 Ct
  • Bridgecourte 1541 LP
  • Bridgecurt 1633 DeedsEnrolled
  • Yorke House 1680 Seller

Etymology

Bridge Court is Bruges 1225Ass , 1248 FF, pontem de Bruges 1279 QW, villa de Bregges 1303Ct , atte Brigge 1312Ass (p), Brug (g )es 1357 Ipm, 1364Ct , Bryggecourt 1445, Breggecourt 1456WAM , Bridgecourte 1541 LP, Bridgecurt 1633Deeds Enrolled , Yorke House 1680 Seller. This is the name of a lost manor, which took its name from a bridge over the Hidebourne , v. supra 4. The later name (preserved in York Road) owes its origin to the fact that the manor passed into the possession of the Archbishop of York in 1472 (Pat).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement