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.

Eden Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Thore

Historical Forms

  • pontibus de (super) Eden 1377 TestKarl
  • -juxta Temple Sowerby 1374 ib

Etymology

, 1671 CliffordL 149 , pontibus de (super ) Eden 1377 TestKarl, (-juxta Temple Sowerby ) 1374 ib , on this bridge over the Eden , rebuilt in 1575 and again in 1748 , v. NWm 157–8, NB 385 .