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.

Hough Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Off Bridge 1831 Bry

Etymology

[ huf ] , Off Bridge 1831 Bry , cf. the Hough Headlands 1838TA , named from Hough Fm 40infra , v. brycg , hēafod-land .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site