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.

Bow Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Gosforth

Historical Forms

  • Bow Brigge 1609 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Bow Brigge 1609 ib. , presumably so named from its shape .