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.

Hay Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bugthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Haibrec 1175–86 YCh838

Etymology

Hay Bridge is Haibrec 1175–86 YCh 838. v. brekki 'slope.'On the first element v. Hay Marsh supra 41.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement