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.

Pantry Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keevil

Historical Forms

  • Pyntrowebrygge 1362 Cor

Etymology

Pantry Bridge is so named in 1773 (A and D). It is earlier Pyntrowebrygge 1362Cor , and would seem to denote a bridge made of pine-wood or (less probably) near a pine-tree (OE  pīn - trēow ).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement