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Survey of English Place-Names

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( the ) Church Bridge

Field in the Parish of Kibworth Beauchamp

Historical Forms

  • ( the ) Church Bridge 1609 Map
  • Church hadland l.17 Terrier
  • The Church Leas 1609 Map
  • the Church Swarth 1708 Terrier

Etymology

(the) Church Bridge 1609, 1635 (v. brycg), Church hadland l. 17 (v. hēafod - land), The Church Leas 1609 (v. leys), the Church Swath (es) 1609, 1635, 1708, the Church Swarth 1708 (18) (v. swathe) (v. St Wilfred's Church supra)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement