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.

Touchbridge (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Boarstall

Historical Forms

  • Touchburge Fm c.1825 O

Etymology

For the suffix v. Introd. xxiv. It is difficult to deal with the first element on the basis of the present form alone but it may possibly be the same as that found in Tetchwick (v. supra ) a few miles to the north-east.

Places in the same Parish