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.

Topsham Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Loddiswell

Etymology

Richard de Toppesham held one ferling in Loddiswell parish in 1262 (Ch), deriving his name presumably from Topsham infra 454. v. Addenda supra lix, s. n. Fardel.

Places in the same Parish