Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Biscopbrigg Hy3 Ch 1291

• “Bishop's Bridge” 1287–88 Imb 1662 Pat 1290,1294,1312

• de ponte Episcopi 1313 ib

• Bishoppbrigg 1331 ib

• Bisshopesbrigge 1345 ib

• Bisshopbrigges 1365 ib

• pontes qui vocantur Bisshopesbrigges 1375 Works

• Bisshopbrigges 1411 Pat

• Bissopbrigges 1418 ib

• Bisshopbrigge 1482 ib

• “the bridges called” Byshoppe Brygges 1533 LPvi

• Bishop's Briggs House 1778 WillsStow

Etymology

Bishopbridge, Biscopbrigg Hy3 (1291) Ch, “Bishop 's Bridge ”1287–88 (1662) Imb, 1290, 1294, 1312 Pat, de ponte Episcopi 1313 ib, Bishoppbrigg 1331 ib, Bisshopesbrigge 1345 ib, Bisshopbrigges 1365 ib, pontes qui vocantur Bisshopesbrigges 1375 Works, Bisshopbrigges 1411 Pat, Bissopbrigges 1418 ib, Bisshopbrigge 1482 ib, “the bridges called ” Byshoppe Brygges 1533 LP vi, Bishop 's Briggs House 1778 WillsStow, self-explanatory, with all the early forms of bridge Scandinavianised. The significance of the pl. forms in some spellings is not apparent today. The present-day bridge is over the R. Ankholme at the point where it is joined by the R. Rase.