Fieldon Bridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Grendon
Historical Forms
- bridge of Feldenbrigg by Atherston over Ancre 1332 Pat
- Fyldenbyrge 1497 AOMB
- Feldon Bridge, Felde 1550 Pat 1656 Dugdale
- Fieldon Bridge 1725 B
Etymology
Fieldon Bridge is bridge of Feldenbrigg by Atherston over Ancre 1332 Pat, Fyldenbyrge 1497AOMB , Feldon Bridge , Felde 1550 Pat, 1656 Dugdale, Fieldon Bridge 1725 B. 'Bridge in or leading to the open country,' v. feld and cf. Fyleden brige (t. Ed 3Rental ) in Wolston and Field Burcote (earlier Feldenburcote ) (PN Nth 42).In both these names we probably have an adjectival derivative of the noun feld. Cf. Fildeneford t. Hy 1 (Kenilworth ) in Stoneleigh. The bridge spans the Anker at the county boundary and the country on the Leicestershire side is much less wooded than on the Warwickshire side. Cf. further fildenestret (KCD 1299) in the bounds of Bengeworth (Wo). Dugdale (Preface 3 b ) speaks of Avon as “dividing the Wood-land (for so that part of the Countie lying North thereof is called) from the Feldon ” and still earlier Holland's Camden (561) similarly divides the county and defines The Feldon as “a plain Champian Countrey.”