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.

Brough Sowerby Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Brigge 1662 PR(B)

Etymology

, called Brigge 1662 PR(B) and referred to in pontibus de Sowrby , etc . 1369 TestKarl .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name