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.

Bow Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Asby

Etymology

, 1679 NWm 11 , 1829 Dir , ' arch bridge ' , v. boga , brycg , and on the bridge ( which crosses Asby Beck ) cf. NWm 89 .