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.

Heath Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blackthorn

Etymology

Heath Bridge. Cf. aqua de Heithe 1285Ass , Hetheneburnde c. 1294 (c. 1444) BC, Hethenburnde 1354–5 (1456) ForPer . The first element is hǣþ , 'heath,' and the last burna , 'stream.' It is impossible to say what was originally in the middle: possibly ende , in which case the meaning would be 'stream at the border of the heath,' or possibly ened , 'duck.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement