Matlock Bridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Matlock
Historical Forms
- pontem de Matelock c.1250 Beau
- pontem de Matteloc Ed1 ib
- Matloke brygge 1522 DuLa
- Mestesforde 1086 DB
Etymology
Matlock Bridge, pontem de Matelock c. 1250Beau , pontem de Matteloc Ed 1 ib, Matloke brygge 1522DuLa . v. brycg . It is in all probability to be identified with Mestesforde (bis) 1086 DB. For the identification v. DbA xiii77 ff. The first element of this name appears to be in the gen.sg., but the only known OE words which are formally possible here are OE mæst 'mast of a ship' and OE mæst 'mast of beech, etc., for feeding to swine'. The exact significance of either of these with ford is undetermined.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Allenhill
- Asker Fm
- Asker Lane
- Bent Lane
- Bidston
- Bilberry Knoll
- Bow Wood
- Breck's Wood
- Broomhill Fm
- The Butts
- Carr Lane
- Castletop Fm
- Cat Tor
- Causeway Lane
- Coumbs Wood
- Cuckoo Stone
- Dark Lane
- Deanhill Ho
- Dimple
- Goodwin's Wood
- Greenhill's Fm
- Hagg Wood
- Hall Dale
- Hall Leys Pleasure Ground
- Harveydale Quarry
- Hearthstone
- Highfield
- High Leas Fm
- High Tor
- Huntbridge Ho
- Hurker Hall
- Hurst Fm
- Jackson Tor
- Jughole Wood
- Lime Tree Road
- Littlemoor
- Lover's Walks
- The Lowes
- Low Leas Fm
- Lumsdale
- Lych Gate
- Lynholmes
- Masson Hill
- Masson Lees Fm
- Matlock Bank
- Matlock Cliff
- Matlock Green
- Matlock Mill
- Matlock Moor
- Meadow Wood Fm
- Megdale
- Newholme
- Newlands
- Nickerson Wood
- Palethorpe Fm
- Pig Tor
- Popecarr
- Salters Lane
- The Shaws
- Shining Cliff
- Smuse Lane
- Starkholmes
- Statham's Cottage
- Wards End
- Wellfield
- White Tor Wood
- The Wolds
- Woodend Ho
- Woodseats Fm
- Wright Lane
- Yewtree Fm