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.

Elbridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bersted

Historical Forms

  • thelbrycg 680 BCS 10th
  • þelbrycg 985 KCD663 14th
  • Elbrigg', Elbrugg' 1274 FF

Etymology

'Plank bridge,' v. þelbrycg and cf. Ell Bridge supra 56.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement