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.

Bar Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Uckington

Historical Forms

  • Berew(e)brug(g)e c.1220 GlR 1248 FF 1464 AddR
  • Bar(e)webrug(ge) c.1240,c.1250 GlR
  • Barbridge feilde, Barbridge feeld 1605 Comm 1606 AOMB

Etymology

'Bridge near the grove', v. bearu , brycg .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement