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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.

Christy Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Kyrkesyde 1278 Ass7d 1279 ib
  • Kyrkesite 1279 ib
  • Kyrcsite 1278 Lowth
  • Kyrkesy 1279 Lanc

Etymology

Christy Bridge, probably identical with Kyrkesyde 1278Ass 7d, 1279 ib 8, Kyrkesite 1279 ib 10Kyrcsite 1278Lowth , Kyrkesy 1279 Lanc 454. 'Church hill- or river-side', v. kirkja , sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name