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.

Bickenbridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Ilfracombe

Historical Forms

  • Bichingbrige 1167 P
  • Bickenbridge 1641 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bichingbrige 1167 P (p), Bickenbridge 1641SR . ' Bic (c )a 's bridge , ' v. ing and cf. Abbots Bickington infra 124 .

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