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Cryers Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornton le Moors

Historical Forms

  • Thornton Bridge 1831 ib
  • Fulford 1284 Chest

Etymology

, Thornton Bridge 1831ib, v. brycg, identified ChetNS lxxxii 893 as Fulford 1284 Chest , ' dirty ford ' , v. fūl , ford , cf. foll.