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.

Weybridge

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weybridge

Historical Forms

  • Waigebrugge, Weibrugge 675 BCS 13th
  • Weybrugge 933 BCS697 13th
  • Waybrigga 967 BCS1195 13th
  • Weybrigga 1062 KCD812 13th
  • Webruge 1086 DB
  • Webrige ib.
  • Waibrigge 1174–89 Chertsey 1178 P 1439 ADiii
  • Wabrigge 1177 P
  • Wabrigges c.1270 Winton
  • Wybrugg 1279 QW
  • Wybrugge 1294 Ass 1351 SR
  • Wybryg 1434 Pat
  • Weybrigge 1294 Ass 1300 Ipm

Etymology

'Bridge over the river Wey' (supra 7).

Places in the same Parish