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Lytchet Bridge, Lytchet Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of East Stoke

Historical Forms

  • place called Letches Bridge, round the Litch 1682 Weld1

Etymology

, place called Letches Bridge , round the Litch 1682Weld 1 , from læcc , lecc , ' stream,bog ' , with brycg , lane ; the modern form of the name has been influenced by Lytchett Mat . , Lytchett Min . pars , infra .