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.

Bridgetown

Other OS name in the Parish of Totnes

Historical Forms

  • Briggeton juxta Berypomeray 1302 Ass
  • Briggeton juxta Totenesse 1318 Ass
  • Bryggeton Pomeray 1356 Ass

Etymology

is Briggeton juxta Berypomeray 1302Ass , Briggeton juxta Totenesse 1318Ass , Bryggeton Pomeray 1356Ass . The name would have been applied to the settlement which grew up beyond the bridge over the Dart .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement