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.

Beggar's Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eton Wick

Etymology

This was earlier called Spitelbrigge (Pat 1443) and must have been so called from some charitable hospital.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement