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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bridge Yate

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wick and Abson

Historical Forms

  • Brech(e)yate 1554 FF
  • Brech(e)yet 1607 Will
  • Breach(e)yate 1612,1624 FF 1638 Inq
  • Breach(e)yeat 1695 M

Etymology

Bridge Yate, 1779 Rudder, Brech (e )yate 1554FF , Brech (e )yet 1607 Will, Breach (e )yate 1612, 1624FF , 1638 Inq, Breach (e )yeat 1695 M. 'The gate near Breach ', v. geat . The gate was near the boundary with Siston where the first el. (v. brēc 'land newly broken up for cultivation') survives in the f.n. Breaches, a little to the north of Bridge Yate (67supra ). For the change to Bridge - cf. Newbridge 8supra .