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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lancashire Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • apud novem pontem 1377 Eyre
  • a great stone-bridge which divides them from Lancashire 1656 Earw
  • del Brugge 1316 Plea
  • del Brigge, Bruge 1391 ChRR

Etymology

, 1831Bry , apud novem pontem 1377Eyre , a great stone-bridge which divides them from Lancashire 1656 Earw , giving rise to a surname de Ponte 1282–3 Orm2 , del Brugge 1316 Plea, del Brigge , Bruge 1391 ChRR , v. brycg , cf. Bridge Hall 249supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name