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.

Yorkshire Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • Yorkeshire Bridge 1599 DuLaSC
  • Yorkeshire Brigg 1687 ib

Etymology

, Yorkeshire Bridge 1599DuLaSC , Yorkeshire Brigg 1687 ib ; it is presumably the bridge carrying the road towards Yorkshire as it is almost two miles from the county boundary .

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