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.

Maybridge Closes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Huddington

Historical Forms

  • mægidna brycg 840 BCS428 11th
  • Maybridge Closes 1650 Surv

Etymology

'Maidens' bridge,' v. Medbury (PN BedsHu 71) for names of this type. The bridge was across the Bow Brook, on the bounds of Huddington and Crowle.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement