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Bowbridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Mackworth

Historical Forms

  • pontem inter Makworth et Langel' 1306 Ass

Etymology

, 1571DbA xxiv , 1770Rental , probably ' arched bridge ' , v. boga , brycg . It is no doubt that described as pontem inter Makworth et Langel '1306Ass .

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