Trowbridge
Major Settlement in the Parish of Trowbridge
Historical Forms
- Straburg (sic) 1086 DB
- Trobrigge 1184 P
- Trobreg 1222 FF
- Trobrige 1235,1242 Fees
- Troubrigg(e) 1211 ClR 1227,1322 Ch 1332 SR
- Troubrig 1236 Ch 1249 Ass 1265 Pat
- Troubrygge 1316 FA
- Treubrige 13th ADiv
- Treubrigge 1232 Lacock
- Treubregg' 1268 Ass
- Trewbrigge 1250 SarumCh
- Trewbregge 1279 Ass
- Trewebrugge 1281 ib
- Trowbrugg(e) 1230 Bracton
- Trowbrigge 1316 FF
- Trowebregge 1289 Ass
- Trebrugg' 1257 Cl
- Trebrigge 1311 Ipm
- Trubrigge 1275 RH t.Ed4 DuLa
- Trubridge 1553 WMx
- Troughbrigge 1358 BPR 1395 IpmR
- Throughbrygge 1489 MinAcct
- Trowghbrygge 1509 DuLa
Etymology
'Tree bridge,' i.e. 'bridge made by a tree trunk or of wood generally,' v. treow , brycg . Some of the late spellings may have been influenced by the word 'trough.' Cf. Trobridge (PN D 406).