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.

Darleybridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wensley and Snitterton

Historical Forms

  • Brug(g)eton 1312 FF 1325 WollCh 1330 Ass
  • Briggestone 1330 ib
  • Brigeton 1484 Woll
  • Brydgton 1558–79 ChancP
  • Bridgetown(e) 1561,1572 FF 1603 WollCh

Etymology

Darleybridge, Brug (g )eton 1312 FF (p), 1325WollCh (p), 1330Ass , Briggestone 1330 ib, Brigeton 1484Woll , Brydgton 1558–79 ChancP, Bridgetown (e )1561, 1572FF , 1603WollCh et passim to 19th. 'Farm by (Darley) Bridge', v. brycg , tūn , cf. Darley Bridge supra 83 for the bridge itself. The change to Darleybridge is modern.