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.

Wettenhall Lane Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Ankers Plat 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Ankers Plat 1831 Bry , a bridge ( v. plat 1 ) giving name to Ankersplatt Brook supra . The first el . is either ancra ' a hermit ' , or the ME  surname Anker (s ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site