Bridmore
Early-attested site in the Parish of Berwick St John
Historical Forms
- Brudemere 1184 P c.1190 Wilton 1225 SR 1242 Fees 1319 Ipm 1332 SR
- Brudmer 1535 VE 1544 LP
- Bridemere 1203 Cur 1225 SR 1301 Ch
- Bridmere 1451 IpmR
- Brudimere 1241 FF
- Bridmore 1601 FF
- Bridmore al. Bridmere 1731 Recov
- Brydinga dic 955 BCS917 13th
- Bridinghedic 970 15th ib
Etymology
Near by must have been Brydinga dic 955 (13th) BCS 917, Bridinghedic 970 (15th) ib. 956. For this name cf. Burcombe infra 213. There is a pool here and the name probably denotes the 'pool of one Bryda .' The dic took name from him and his family.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Arundell Coppice
- Ashcombe Fm
- Barrow Hill
- Berwick Down
- Blind Well
- Cartway Copse
- Chettles Clift
- Great Cokers
- Little Cokers
- Coombe
- Costard's Bushes
- Pleck
- Cuttice Down
- Frying Pan
- Glover's Coppice
- Gravelly Way
- Hanging Ridge
- Hewetts Coppice
- Horse Hill
- Ingram's Coppice
- Ivers Wood
- Lodge Copse
- Long Croft
- Miles Chair
- Pound Coppice
- Rotherley Down
- Shiftway Copse
- Staple Foot
- Uddens Coppice
- Upton Fm
- Win Green
- Woodlands