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.

Brigbriggs

Other OS name in the Parish of Musgrave

Historical Forms

  • Brigbrigg 1690 CtB

Etymology

, Brigbrigg 1690CtB , Breake brigg 1643 & , cf. Breacks closes 1682CtB , v. brēc ' land broken up for cultivation ' , brycg .