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Survey of English Place-Names

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Saintbridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gloucester

Historical Forms

  • Sandebrug(g)e 1200,c.1290 GlR 1410 GlChv,14
  • Sandebrigg' 1268 FF
  • Sondebrigg' c.1200 GlR
  • Sondebrug(e) c.1220 c.1230 GlChiv,13 c.1260 GlR
  • Sondebrugge 1264 Glouc 1273 GlR
  • Send(e)brug(g)e 1296 GlR 1327 SR 1433 GlChvii,8 1539 GlR
  • Send(e)bridg(e) 1616 Dep
  • Seyntbrygge, Seintbrygge 1470 GlChvii,14
  • Seint Brige 1535 VE
  • Seintbridge 1535 1626 Inq
  • Senebrig 1541 LP
  • Senbridg(e) 1616 Dep 1641 Rec
  • Sende c.1210,c.1230 GlR

Etymology

'Bridge at the sandy place', v. sende , brycg , one carrying Port Way across Sud Brook; a place nearby in Upton St Leonards was called Sende c. 1210, c. 1230 GlR. The earlier forms contain the unmutated sand 'sand'.