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.

Bride Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Bredy

Historical Forms

  • Bride Head 1811 OS
  • Bride Hill (sic) 1826 Gre
  • Bridehead 1863 Hutch3

Etymology

( Bridehead 1974 OS ) , Bride Head 1811 OS, Bride Hill (sic)1826 Gre, Bridehead 1863 Hutch3 , early 19th - cent. house incorporating remains of 16th - cent. building , cf. Lyttle Breddy house 1647 SC , v. foll.