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.

Bruggecroft

Field in the Parish of Derby

Historical Forms

Bruggecroft 1289 Darley

Bridgecrofte 1554 Pat

Bridge croft 1624 DbAns

Etymology

Bruggecroft 1289, Bridgecrofte 1554 Pat, Bridge croft 1624 DbAns xxiii(v. brycg, croft)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Derby