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Survey of English Place-Names

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Briddonweir

Other OS name in the Parish of Rostherne

Historical Forms

  • Bridge End Weir Farms 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Bridge End Weir Farms 1831 Bry , ' (weir at) the causeway end ' , v. brycg , ende 1 , wer , the place being at the north end of a crossing of Blackburn's Brook supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name