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.

Leather Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dodderhill

Historical Forms

  • Letherenebruge 1229 Ch
  • la Lethernebrugge 1300 Pat 18th
  • Leathorne Bridge, Leatham Bridge 1635 QSR

Etymology

It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the bridge must have acquired its distinctive name from some use of leather in some part of the original structure.