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.

Splash Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tenbury

Historical Forms

  • Pla(y)ss(c)h 1306 FF 1327,1332 SR

Etymology

The modern name is apparently a corruption of an earlier 'Plash Bridge,' so called from a plash or pool, v. plæsc .