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.

Milnsbridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Huddersfield

Historical Forms

  • Milnebrig 1645 PREll
  • Milnesbrigg 1651 WillS
  • Milnesbridge 1820 EnclA
  • Millsbridge 1740 FGr
  • Miln's Bridge 1780 Arm

Etymology

Milnsbridge, 1577 Tayl , 1744Thn 168, Milnebrig 1645 PREll, Milnesbrigg 1651 WillS, Milnesbridge 1820EnclA 8, Millsbridge 1740FGr 11, Miln 's Bridge 1780 Arm. 'Bridge belonging to the mill', v. myln , brycg , and on the use of the gen.sg. v. EPN i, 158, s.v. -es 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site