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.

Birchen Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nuthurst

Etymology

Birchen Bridge (6″), cf. Birchenbridge lands (1650 SAC 35, 149), so called perhaps because made of birchwood.