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.

Crofton Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thursby

Historical Forms

  • Waspatricwath t.Hy3 CWv
  • Waspatrick'wath 1300 For
  • Wastpatrikwath 1381 For
  • Waspatrewathe 1540 LRMB
  • Warside 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'Cwæspatric 's (Gospatrick's) ford,' cf. vað. The personal name means 'servant of (St) Patrick.'