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.

Norton Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • Languish Bridge 1831 ib

Etymology

, Languish Bridge 1831 ib . This is on the Bridgewater Canal . The name may be a lost f.n. Lang-wish ' long marsh ' , v. lang , wisc .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site