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.

Wetherby Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Spofforth

Historical Forms

  • Wedderbe brigge 1552 TestLds
  • Wetherby Bridge (end), Wetherbie Bridge 1646 WillY 1662 Hrg

Etymology

, Wedderbe brigge 1552 TestLds, Wetherby Bridge (end ), Wetherbie Bridge 1646 WillY, 1662 Hrg , v. brycg ; on this bridge which carries the Great North Road across the R . Wharfe cf. YAJ xxx, 274 ff .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement