Kingsbridge
Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke
Historical Forms
- cinges bricge, to cinges bricge 962 ThorndonHallCharter
- Kingesbrig' 1230 P
- burg' de Kingesbrig' 1244 Ass
Etymology
It is clear that the name goes back to Saxon times, but the exact royal owner is unknown. The bridge was from early times an important one crossing the end of the long creek known as Kingsbridge estuary.