Turningtree Bridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Whittlesey
Historical Forms
- Thurnyngtree, Thurningtree 1403 SewersA 1603 Survey
- Turnyngtre 1446 Ct
- bridge nere Turningtree gravills 1655 BLAcct
- Turntree Bridge 1829 Wells
Etymology
Turningtree Bridge (6″) is Thurnyngtree , Thurningtree 1403SewersA , 1603Survey , Turnyngtre 1446Ct , bridge nere Turningtree gravills 1655BLAcct , Turntree Bridge 1829 Wells. Turning-tree is found in the 16th century as a name for the gallows (NED), but here its history must be different. Cf. “stopps and letts al. Turningtres and gravell wayes” (1563SewersD ), also le Turnyngtre apud calcetum de Stonteney 1490Elien . The tree or timber was evidently so called because it diverted or hindered the course of a stream.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Bassenhally Fm, Bassenhally Field, Bassenhally Moor and Bassenhally Pits
- Beggars Bridge Fm
- Canter's Doles
- Eastrea
- Eldernell
- Feldale
- Flegcroft
- Funthams, Funtham's Dike, Funtham's Lane
- Glass Moor
- King's Delph
- Lattersey Field, Lattersey Hill
- Lesh Fen
- The Lipneas
- Must Fm
- Northey
- North Fen
- Oldeamere
- Snoots
- Stampfen Drove
- Stonald Field
- Wype Doles
Other OS name
- Angle Bridge
- Angle Corner
- Bank Fm
- Black Bush
- Blackbush Drove
- Black Dike
- Bradley Fen
- Bunting's Drove
- Burnthouse Fm
- Chapelbridge
- Church Field
- Coates
- Cold Harbour Drove
- Common Drove
- Counter Drain
- Cow Way
- Cross Drain
- Cross Drove
- Decoy Fm
- Delph Dike
- Dog in a Doublet Bridge
- Duncombe's Corner
- Earl's Lands Fm
- Field's End Bridge
- Flag Fen
- Grange Fm
- Gravel Dike
- Gull Fm
- Half Acre Drove
- Hemmerley Gravel
- Inham's End
- Kingsland
- Lake Drove
- Long Drove
- Lord's Holt
- Marriott's Drove
- Northey Fm
- Northey Gravel
- Plumtree Fm
- Pondersbridge
- Popely's Gull
- Prior's Fen
- Quaker's Drove
- Reach
- Slatebarn Drove
- Suet Hills
- Ten Acre Drove
- Town Fifty
- Turf Drove
- The Turves
- The Wash
- West Fen Drove