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.

Backford Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Backford

Historical Forms

  • Moston Bridge 1831 Bry

Etymology

( 109–400709 ) , Moston Bridge 1831 Bry , named from Moston 141supra , crossing the Shropshire Union Canal , and unlikely to be near the site of the ford from which Backford is named , since there is no adjacent bæc , or ridge . This is not the bridge on the Chorlton boundary at Briggegrene infra .