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.

Bakewell Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • pontem lapideum Ed2 BelCh
  • pontem de Wyee 1422 ib
  • pontem de Baukwell 1522 ib

Etymology

( local ) , pontem lapideum Ed 2BelCh , pontem de Wyee 1422ib , pontem de Baukwell 1522 ib .