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Bridge Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • Bridgelane 1811 OS
  • Brugelane (cursus aque apud Brugelane) 1492 Midd

Etymology

, Bridgelane 1811 OS, Brugelane (cursus aque apud Brugelane )1492Midd , v. brycg , lane , cf. the bridge ( pontem ) mentioned 1455, 1478Ilch ; a footbridge is marked 6 ″ over the stream flowing from Rodden into West Fleet and forming the par . boundary here ( the stream is named Gulbedge brooke in 1611 , q. v. under Langton H . par . infra , and higher upstream or at its source N of Rodden it is halgan wyl ' holyspring or stream ' in the Saxon bounds of Portisham par . infra ) .